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The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

Recycling, a commonplace practice for many who wish to create less waste, still remains a mystery to most who participate in the habit. Phoebe Judge, the University of Nevada, Reno’s new ...

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I take a look at how recycling works and where recycled items go after they hit the recycling bin. Specifically, I follow a plastic bottle that ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — With new phones and computers coming out all the time, you may have a lot of old electronics collecting dust where you live. It may be tempting to smash them with a hammer to get ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. — Every year millions of Americans come together for America Recycles Day. It’s a chance to look at your recycling habits. Its why I visited the biggest recycling center in Hampton ...

An environmental campaigner is calling for financial disincentives to stop people in Jersey putting rubbish in black bin bags as the island's infrastructure minister admits the current recycling ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout (THE CONVERSATION) Every week, millions of ...

Alex Jordan/University of Wisconsin-Stout So, what makes plastic recycling so difficult? As an engineer whose work focuses on reprocessing plastics, I have been exploring potential solutions. In ...