Simple home recycling hacks that reduce waste, cut plastic use and improve sustainability through smarter systems, storage ...

Everyday items like clothing, plastics and packaging can last centuries. Here’s how long they tend to breakdown and why ...

WEST MICHIGAN — Have you ever wondered what truly happens when you drop off your recycled materials? For the second part of our Recycling Week Series, we're taking a dive into the Kent County ...

Research shows that only about 5% of plastics used in the U.S. actually get recycled. The rest ends up in landfills, oceans and even in the bodies of humans and animals as microplastics.

Earlier this year, the Washington-based Recycled Materials Association (ReMA) launched its America is Made with Recycled Materials campaign. Initially designed to educate lawmakers and influencers in ...

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 ...

At the recycling center, powerful magnets will pull out steel. Spinning drums will toss aluminum into bins. Copper wires will get neatly bundled up for resale. But as the conveyor belt keeps rolling, ...

INDIANAPOLIS — When you roll your cans, bottles and carboard out to the curb to be recycled, where do they actually go? That’s the question the 13News VERIFY team receives more than any other. “How ...

After years of pilot projects and false starts, textile-to-textile recycling is finally investing in large-scale production ...