“In the U.S., shopping bags, wraps, and films aren’t accepted in most municipal curbside recycling programs,” Penge says.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — You may recycle. But do you recycle right? Turns out there’s a lot to learn about recycling, especially the different types of plastics, how they are made and how they are recycled.

All of that leftover metal, wood, fabric, and tile can find a new home—if you know where to look. If you’re doing your own renovations or just working on some projects around the house, you'll find ...

The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority makes it easy to recycle paper. (Centre Daily Times, file) Most types of paper can be recycled in Centre County, and it is easy to recycle paper so it ...

Traditionally, plastic recycling processes involve using a lot of water. In order to avoid this waste, researchers have developed a new green technology that doesn't require liquids, and has the ...

Metals are ubiquitous in our lives. There are the metal objects we can see—paper clips, kitchen utensils, electronics, cars or bicycles, wires and pipes, lightbulbs, hammers and shovels. Most of those ...

Recycling sounds great in principle (because it is), but a frustrating number of devils lurk in the details. For example, while some materials like aluminum can readily be melted down and turned right ...