What’s recycling and what’s garbage? That question is at the heart of curbside recycling programs across the country. Recycling processors and municipalities urge customers to err on the side of ...

Portlanders aren't as great at recycling as they'd like to think. As WW reported in 2018, Portland's recycling contains too much "contamination"—that is, trash thrown in the wrong containers. Because ...

Rumpke spends over $1.5 million a year on costs related to contaminants in people's recycling bins. The company is doing recycling audits in cities across the state to teach people how to correctly ...

How much do you know about where our waste goes? From cigarette butts to banana peels to plastics, test your expertise on recycling and learn some possibly shocking stats. This quiz is in tandem with ...

What can go in my blue bin? The answer — and even the bin color — can be different from one neighborhood to the next, so we’ll try to help curb the confusion. Most U.S. residents who have recycling at ...

Communities in Southwest Florida have gone “back to basics” when it comes to recycling. The Naples Daily News and Fort Myers News-Press developed a short quiz to help residents learn what trash goes ...

Recycle or landfill? See if you can correctly sort your trash. From paper to plastic, recycling is fantastic. But there are many rules and nuances consumers might not be aware of.

Most types of paper can be recycled in Centre County. It is easy to recycle paper so it does not end up in the landfill. We’ve come up with a list of our most frequently asked paper recycling ...

State officials cut $2.6 million in checks to towns and cities across Massachusetts yesterday, and they paper-clipped a pretty straight-forward message for communities to share: you're good at ...