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In a letter to the EPA, 17 legislators made the case for implementing standardized labels developed by Recycle Across America. Seventeen legislators have asked the EPA to implement nationwide labeling ...
What is recyclable still evokes confusion. Are bottle caps too small to recycle? What about batteries? And what in the world ...
“We also know recycling rules change per hauler,” Pettis said. “They change from time to time, and they change per ...
We all know that recycling is good for the planet. But sometimes, the difference between what you should and shouldn't recycle isn't obvious. When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing ...
Research shows most Australians believe they are good recyclers – but they’re often wrong. Here’s how to avoid common ...
We’ve all had this reflex: buy a piece of clothing, bring it home, cut out its cardboard label… and hey presto, it’s in the trash. But what if we told you that these little pieces of ...
Widespread confusion about the recycling requirements means that many renewable-minded people toss items in the single-stream bin that don’t belong there.
Have you ever thrown something in the recycling bin, hoping it’s recyclable? Maybe a toothpaste tube, bubble wrap or plastic toy labelled “eco-friendly”? This common practice, known as “wishcycling”, ...
Tucson is paying nearly $30,000 a month to its recycling facility for a 30% contamination rate found in the recyclables it drops off.
Inside the industry push to label your yogurt cup ‘recyclable’ A network of groups backed by the plastics industry claims polypropylene containers are “widely recyclable,” despite ample ...
What you should be putting in your blue bin, what you should NOT do, and common mistakes many residents make when trying to recycle.
As the city of Mishawaka prepares for a new trash services company on Jan. 1, new bins will be handed out by Waste Management (WM) beginning Dec. 2.