Only certain takeout containers are recyclable in most places. Putting errant boxes in the blue bin only clogs up the system.

As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling ...

San Jose’s so-called ambassadors will be checking neighborhoods on garbage days to help the city improve its efforts to ...

First-grade students at Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Pierce Terrace Elementary on Fort Jackson, S.C.

Peanut butter jars, takeout containers and soft plastic wrap often end up in the recycling bin, contaminating viable plastic, ...