Recycling the wrong things makes the whole system run slower. Here are seven takeout containers that don't belong in your recycling bin.

Recycling takeout containers properly requires know-how. Here's what an expert told us about disposing of pizza boxes, Chinese containers, aluminum tins and other popular food vessels.

Plastic containers will typically have numbers on the bottom that denote which kind of plastic it is. For example, #1 and #2 plastics are almost always recyclable, while #6 plastics aren't always ...

Many to-go containers are similar to plastic bottles, but they're often caked with food. If it's too dirty, the recycling plant might just send it to the landfill.

Last year, for example, more than 250 companies ranging from PepsiCo to H&M pledged to cut back on their use of plastic, including making all their packaging recyclable, reusable, or compostable ...

The end goal of a recycling plant is to produce and sell bales of clean and sorted materials, be they #2 plastic or green glass. Imagine shopping for aluminum siding, and the sheets smell like old ...

Tiny containers like K-cups don’t properly sort in the recycling facility. In fact, any plastic container that’s smaller that 2 inches in height and diameter doesn’t stand a very good chance.

With 30 million tons of plastic in our landfills, it’s worth spending a bit of time to brainstorm ways to get creative with plastic.

Why recycling plastic isn't as effective as you think, according to industry critics 01:57. Americans' use of plastic boomed during the pandemic, including mountains of single-use items such as ...

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.

The most prevalent plastic bottled water container, 16.9-ounce (half-liter) individual size, is made from polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which has the recycling symbol #1.

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 ...