Plastic to be recycled is seen in a sorting bunker at Sierra Processing. ALBANY — Frank Zeoli can’t believe some of the things people try to recycle. Plastic wrap. Children’s toys.

Only 5% to 6% of plastic used in the United States gets recycled, according to Judith Enck, a former U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regional administrator who is an environmental activist ...

Houston urges residents not to crush plastic bottles before recycling, ensuring sorting machines process them properly.

Metzger also argues the company’s convenience is worth its value, noting that people find it difficult and time-consuming to drive to grocery stores to recycle plastic bags, for example.

The main question was if 20 HK cents were enough of a reward for people to turn in their plastic bottles. “Today, the behaviour is not towards recycling, and we are trying to change that ...

She has been working at PEOPLE since 2017. The partial remains of a 20-year-old man missing since May were found at the South Carolina recycling ... belt just after the plastic shredding machine ...