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 ...

“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.

Busan, South Korea — Several non-profit groups that operate U.S. curbside recycling programs have a simple message to diplomats trying to write a global plastics treaty: Be skeptical about seeing ...

With more people shopping online, there’s a lot more cardboard in the recycling stream these days. Here’s a look at where all those discarded boxes go -- it’s farther than you might think. Photo: ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Gardena, Calif., extended its commercial trash contracts this week so officials would have more time to figure out why the city is not meeting state recycling goals. The city has been on the state’s ...

The city failed to recycle from July to January. But recycling volumes were low going back to 2020. The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is ...

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 ...

The problems surrounding the final months of trash and recycling collection by Community Waste Disposal cost the city of Frisco more than half a million dollars. The city chose in February to switch ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Residents are becoming upset as their recycling continues not to be picked up. A Hermitage family is waiting for their recycling to be picked up. They have been for their ...