You may have read that there’s a recycling crisis in the U.S. After years of accepting our used plastic and cardboard, China now won’t take it, which often means there is no place for it to go. Some ...

WINDHAM, Conn. (AP) - Connecticut recycling operations are struggling to cope with increasing financial pressures involving plunging prices for recycled materials, higher trucking costs, growing ...

“Residential recycling is broken” was a common refrain noted from all the speakers of the plenary session at the Southeast Recycling Conference (SERC), which took place Feb. 24-26 in Orlando, Florida.

Only two weeks has passed since York County nixed its electronics recycling program, and already the junk is piling up. Unfortunately for Troy Combs, some if it is being illegally dumped in his ...

Think twice before tossing that yogurt cup in the blue bin. It’s recyclable, yes, but any goo left on the bottom is tainting a global industry. Industry experts say single stream recycling, or mixing ...

MADISON -- Residents of Madison have one less worry now that PC Problems, a local business, has agreed to act as the electronic recycling "drop-off site" for the borough. The idea originated with the ...

You may be wondering what became of the effort launched last year by the Polk County Commission to figure out how to persuade Polk’s garbage customers to quit putting the wrong stuff in their ...

STAUNTON — Staunton has an unexpected cost coming its way. Beginning Aug. 1, Sonoco Recycling, the company which offers Staunton recycling services, will bill the city $52,000 annually for the same ...

In the iconic movie “The Graduate,” a would-be mentor takes the new college graduate Dustin Hoffman aside and cryptically says, “I want to say just one word to you: plastics. There’s a great future in ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — By the end of the week, Chesapeake officials say all recycling carts that have overflowed for weeks should be emptied. Chesapeake Mayor Rick West told Ten on Your Side that he ...

The premier responded to reports that blue bins that should have been picked up on Friday under the province’s new privatized ...

In the iconic movie “The Graduate,” a would-be mentor takes the new college graduate Dustin Hoffman aside and cryptically says, “I want to say just one word to you: plastics. There’s a great future in ...