As recycling programs become more accessible, everyone can do their part in giving materials a second life and reducing waste ...

“Here we have a man whose job it is to gather the day’s refuse in the capital,” wrote Charles Baudelaire, invoking the ragpicker, a new type on the streets of his native nineteenth-century Paris.

NBA arenas are cutting waste with recycling, composting, and donations—keeping tons out of landfills while helping ...