Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

Recycling aluminum cans is an easy way to reduce waste and support sustainability, but how you handle those cans before recycling them can significantly impact the process. While it may seem like ...

When you toss a soda can, a banana peel or a pizza box in your residential recycling or compost bins, where does it actually go? It could end up in a foundry in Oregon, or a local farm, or, if placed ...

Recycling company celebrates three-year anniversary while running nationwide contest to encourage environment-friendly habits ...

Aluminum is infinitely recyclable, but Americans throw out millions of tons of it every year — mainly aluminum cans and other post-consumer scrap. At the same time, US can-recycling rates are ...

Daviess County is bringing its monthly aluminum can drive home. For several years, Habitat has collected aluminum can donations the first Saturday each month at the Midtown Building on Frederica ...

Those same students are also participating in the Two Million Cans Recycling Contest. That contest encourages classrooms across the country to collect aluminum cans for recycling and at ECS ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...