According to experts, our recycling system, as it currently stands, is broken. Many of China's recycling mills and farms are being forced to stop collecting recyclable scrap materials due to the ...

Eighty percent of Americans support recycling. The public understands that recycling is a great way to conserve natural resources and reduce waste. But our current system is not set up to fully ...

A mere 9 percent of plastic is recycled in the United States each year. Plastic waste in our country grows unabated because the U.S. operates a patchwork of largely ineffective recycling systems that ...

Paper recycling consultant Bill Moore says several countries have enacted policies that can boost recovered paper collection ...

Large companies will start paying into a program to expand and unify Oregon’s recycling system, helping more cities offer recycling services. Oregon has become the first state to require paper and ...

The legislation aims to expand recycling statewide and to have producers of packaging and other materials cover more of the cost. FILE - Workers at the FarWest recycling facility in Hillsboro, Ore., ...

Climate Lab is a Seattle Times initiative that explores the effects of climate change in the Pacific Northwest and beyond. The project is funded in part by The Bullitt Foundation, CO2 Foundation, Jim ...

Rubicon sustainability analyst Emily Roberts discusses ways to reduce contamination and leverage emerging technologies to improve sorting and recycling systems. Rubicon sustainability analyst Emily ...

New year, new recycling habits. Starting in the spring 2025 semester, Marycrest Residence Hall will have brand new recycling hubs and zero-waste signage. The recycling hubs are centrally located in ...

The clean energy transition is well underway with wind and solar power key cogs. While use of these renewables can yield significant reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, their end-of-life ...