Recycling is good but recycling properly is even better. Here are a few dos and don'ts for being a better recycler in 2025.

Cans are one-third of the value of recycled material, but collection is declining. Bottle bills effectively boost recycling rates, but there are disagreements over implementation. Paper, cardboard ...

Metal: Check your state or city for local metal recycling programs. Food: Cannot be recycled, but can be composted at home or at dropoff sites. Yard trimmings: Cannot be recycled, but can be ...

So they’re happy to pay consumers a bit to get those valuable cans back. Recycling aluminum cans to re-use — usually, to make more aluminum cans — uses just 5% of the energy it takes to ...

In this video, we reveal the incredible transformation of millions of used aluminum beverage cans into high-strength aluminum wire inside cutting-edge recycling factories.The journey begins with ...

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An Australian start-up, BlockTexx, said it is building the first commercial-scale recycling plant that can process poly-cotton blends and hopes to open in 2023.

According to Rumpke recycling aluminum cans can save over 90%of the energy it would need to produce a new can. So not only are you earning money you are saving energy through recycling.