One category of recyclables may even lose its recycling symbol altogether.

Last week’s report on California’s abysmal plastics recycling rates made it clear that the state, and individual citizens, need to do more to reduce the amount of the waste going into landfills, ...

WRAP’s project to develop recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) milk bottles, delivered by core project team Nextek, Nampak and Dairy Crest, won a gold award for the Best Use of an Innovative ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Waste Management has halted carton sorting at its Sacramento facility, likely forcing California to strip the recycling symbol ...

A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

You toss that greasy pizza box into the recycling bin. You feel good about it. You're helping the planet, right? Well, here's ...

Waste and Resources Action Program (WRAP), a Banbury, England-based organization that helps individuals and businesses reduce waste, is inviting tenders to develop a cost-effective label, ink and ...