Discover 25 surprising things that can't be recycled and why wishcycling harms the environment. Learn what to do instead to ...

When we understand the consequences of contamination in recycling, it can enhance our recycling efforts. Contamination in recycling is a growing concern that compromises the efficacy of waste ...

Textiles must be treated not as donations or waste diversion programs, but as engineered industrial feedstock. By Christina ...

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: ...

The recycling world has become a dangerous maze of good intentions gone wrong. What many people don't realize is that contamination rate in recycling bins is estimated at around 16-25%, with some ...

The new system combines McNeilus' innovation with Lixo’s advanced AI to identify contaminants during collection and manage recycling contamination.

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ends up buried or drifting into ecosystems because recycling it is slow, ...

An investigation by DeKalb County’s independent auditor found that sanitation workers and residents were mixing recycling and garbage together and concluded that 38% of recycling material the county ...

FLORENCE — Every week, Florence residents drag their recycling to the curb. They fill the green bins with this morning's cereal boxes and yesterday's soda cans. They expect it to be reused. Maybe it ...

In March, Platts, part of S&P Global Commodity Insights, announced independent price assessments of mixed plastic scrap for the United States and Europe, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of its ...

City reports a 22.72% contamination rate, the lowest since the program began in 2012, driven by enforcement and education ...