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YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers ...

Trying to live sustainably as a college student can be a struggle. Sustainability has many different aspects that can make it overwhelming for students who want to be involved. By using the resources ...

While recycling campaigns can help limit what heads to the landfill, scientists are now saying that it’s masked the glaring problem of over-production and de-emphasized other waste reduction ...

AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- Chicagoland residents are not recycling as much as the rest of the country. While the national recycling rate is 30%, Chicagoland residents recycle roughly 20% of waste, ...

EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — Reduce, reuse, recycle: A motto that the City's Parks and Recreation Department is attempting to embrace with its pilot recycling program. On Tuesday, the El Paso Parks ...

You’ve just finished a cup of coffee at your favorite cafe. Now you’re facing a trash bin, a recycling bin, and a compost bin. What’s the most planet-friendly thing to do with your cup? Many of us ...

Deepika Mathur has received research funding from the Northern Territory and federal governments. Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the ...

A growing number of energy companies are looking to nuclear recycling as a way to address waste management concerns while strengthening domestic fuel supply. Ed McGinnis, the former assistant ...

A truck drops off a load of commercial recycling at the Houston Resource Renewal Center. In an effort to address days-long delays in solid waste pickup across Houston, the city council on Wednesday ...

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...