Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) is the most common plastic for single-use bottled beverages because it's inexpensive, ...

A new global symbol aims to make reusable packaging as easy to identify as recyclable materials, helping consumers know ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cardboard box of plastic bottles with recycling symbol - witsarut sakorn/Shutterstock Even if you have the best intentions around ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...

PORTLAND/YARMOUTH (NEWS CENTER Maine) -- Most of the paper, plastic, metal, and glass we recycle eventually goes to China, the largest importer of recyclable materials in the world. However, the ...

If the products we are asking Americans to recycle are not worth recycling — or are actually impossible to recycle — we are just managing garbage. A recent report from the Environmental Protection ...

If you're a regular recycler, determinedly hauling your bottles, cans, and paper to the curb or to dedicated drop-offs, more power to you. You are working hard to keep our planet green. However, this ...

Peer into a recycling bin and you'll almost certainly see a problem. Plastic trays, bottles, films all tangled together, ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...