Too much trash is ending up in Wake County’s recycling bins — and it’s causing problems the county says it can no longer ignore. Rising contamination is slowing down sorting lines, creating safety ...
Centerville has launched a summer-long, grant-funded campaign to reduce recycling contamination by partnering with the Recycling Partnership, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Montgomery ...
California is known for having some of, if not the most, assertive sustainability and solid waste requirements in the country. The state serves as a case study of legislative changes that affect how ...
A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most “recyclable” objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...
On a viral TikTok, a UK binman tells households they are scrubbing the wrong thing on their jars and tins. His warning about contaminated recycling could explain why some bins stay full. Every week, ...