When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

PLOVER, Wis. (WSAW) - If you’re still looking for a New Year’s resolution, how about recycling properly? You can start by making sure you aren’t recycling items in plastic bags. The Portage County ...

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.