It’s easy to look at the data on recycling rates—21.4% overall and only 9% of all plastic!?—and feel tempted to go full-on trash nihilist. But throwing up our hands doesn’t solve anything. Proper and ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

If your trash and recycling bins are already overflowing with cardboard boxes, glass bottles and debris from holiday celebrations, you're not alone. But instead of sending it all to the landfill, ...

'Twas a time after New Year's, and all through the house, the floor was littered with Legos. Ouch, ouch and ouch. The children's bedroom is a plush animal zoo, and parents are wondering just what they ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. But what really happens ...