Americans are deeply committed to recycling —according to the EPA, in 2013, we generated about 254 million tons of trash and recycled and composted about 87 million tons. That’s a roughly one-third ...
Households will have to put out bins that separate different types of recycling, with the goal of 65% of municipal waste ...
TCPalm Reporter Jack Lemnus noticed readers asked a lot of questions about recycling. What can and cannot be recycled on the Treasure Coast? What do we do with Styrofoam? Is recycling actually worth ...
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Why I stopped recycling - and why you might want to, too

You've probably been told your whole life that recycling saves the planet. Sort your plastics, rinse out that yogurt container, toss it in the blue bin, and feel like you've done your part. I believed ...
I like to think of myself as a good caretaker of the planet. To that end, I am faithful about placing my recyclable waste items—plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, cans, paper and ...
Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...