When you buy a new iPhone, Apple takes it back when you're done with it. When you finish a bottle of Coke in Germany, the manufacturer pays for its recycling. So why does your 4,000-pound SUV – ...

Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When ...

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 ...

Seriously, just take it to Best Buy or Staples. They'll take your old laptops, printers, and other tech junk off your hands for free. Some places will even give you a gift card for your trouble. It's ...

I recently had the chance to chat with nearly 400 lively 5th and 6th graders from southwest Minnesota about recycling. We jazzed things up with a Q&A game featuring the ever-popular Plinko — because ...

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"We can identify different materials ... that we could not normally see." Researchers make incredible breakthrough that could revolutionize recycling: 'Allows us to see what human eyes ... can't' ...

While plastics help enable modern standards of living, their accumulation in landfills and the overall environment continues ...

We need extended producer responsibility policies that require automakers and appliance manufacturers to manage their ...