When it comes to recycling, we all make mistakes. Sometimes, we throw something in the wrong bin—or we aren’t sure what bin it belongs in and make an educated guess. And if you’ve ever wondered ...

Households across the UK have been issued a warning about using black bin liners in their garden waste and recycling bins. There are strict rules in place around what you can and cannot put in ...

Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers — but plastic is trash and trying to recycle it is futile, Greenpeace said in a bombshell October 2022 report.

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Even if you make every effort to use a reusable grocery bag, we will all inevitably shop without it at least once — and take home a plastic shopping bag along with our wares. These things add up ...

Most of the 360-billion-plus metric tons of plastic manufactured each year isn’t recycled. Some of that’s due to laziness—in the U.S., where plastic bottles can be easily recycled almost everywhere, ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your climate impact. But recycling plastic will not address the plastic pollution ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...