Let's be honest: Recycling is confusing. You might assume most takeout containers are recyclable in 2025, but that's far from ...

Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

Recycling industry analysts say high-level trends affecting markets and manufacturing will affect recyclers as trade war uncertainties continue.

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Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The ...

Three options are going before lawmakers to boost RI's recycling of bottles, and two include options to return bottles for a ...

“The Erie Regional Chamber is frustrated by the financial pressure building due to economic uncertainty at the federal level, ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

“Often, berry or salad plastic containers or others say ‘check locally,’ ” she said. “It’s frustrating, and I don’t bother (recycling them).” Around the world, the triangle-shaped ...

"Recycling is great, don't get me wrong," said Littlejohn. "But if you're going to use recycled plastic to produce more single-use plastic, that's a problem." Plastic production relies on oil ...

Plastic clamshell containers: Clear plastic takeout containers with a recycling symbol can be recycled. If it's a plastic container labeled No. 1 or No. 2, you can recycle it and should whenever ...