The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.

Post-consumer plastic film recycling sustained a massive decrease, wiping away years of incremental increases, as a result of China's crackdown on U.S. imports of the material. A new report by ...

Although Mayor Daley’s administration says it wants to create a culture of recycling in Chicago, there is far less of it being done under the showcase blue bag program than City Hall has claimed. Less ...

First, I would like to say that I hate columns loaded with numbers and this column is chock-full of them. It is so easy to be overwhelmed. Your head starts spinning and before you know it you’ve got ...

In Portage County, people can recycle plastic containers marked with numbers 1, 2 or 5, but only if they meet specific ...

WASHINGTON — In the grand scheme of things, paper recycling is relatively easy once all the different grades are separated. The same applies to metal recycling — ferrous separated from non-ferrous and ...

HARRISON COUNTY, MS (WLOX) - On Earth Day, Harrison County Utility Authority reported record-setting recycling numbers. A six month progress report indicates that customer participation rates have ...

Members of the Arlington Heights Environmental Control Commission agreed Thursday night to explore whether a recent drop in recycling among village residents is a sign of a larger trend. Commissioners ...

Curbside recycling numbers increased from 2013 to 2014 in St. Joseph County but still are not back up to 2012 levels, according to figures released by the Solid Waste Management District of St. Joseph ...

Until October 2014, Lawrence didn’t have a citywide curbside recycling program. But it sure had a lot of glass bottles. Prior to the city starting its curbside recycling program, the predominant way ...

Chances are, you already have. In a little-known industry practice, wireless service providers routinely recycle former customers' phone numbers and give them to new customers without informing them ...

The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality has issued the Commonwealth’s Annual Recycling Summary Report for 2020, and the results are positive. Based on information from all 71 of the state’s ...