As of this past summer, Vermont requires all public buildings to have recycling containers. At first thought, that’s awesome! On second thought, the last time I ate Chinese food at a mall food court ...

Most people approach aluminum recycling with the best of intentions and a surprisingly large number of misconceptions. The ...

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A new report from The Recycling Partnership found that most Americans believe recycling is positive. But the report also found that half of all household recyclable materials in the country end up in ...

Until this year, China had been America's -- and the world's -- number one recycling market. But China has shut its doors to plastic waste, which could result by 2030 in more than 100 million tons of ...

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The conscientious citizens of Philadelphia continue to put their pizza boxes, ...

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