For WUWM's "Beats Me" series, a listener asked which plastics are recyclable in Wisconsin. Turns out, it varies depending on ...

Wondering what to recycle and what not to recycle in your curbside bins? This recycling guide can help.

Recycling efforts have surged in the last two decades and are expected to continue to grow as people and businesses “dig ...

Recycling is a nightmare. We all want to reduce waste— 93% of Americans support recycling—but in the real world, many/most people don't really know what's recyclable and what isn't. So we toss every ...

Some items recycle easily: Milk jugs, plastic clamshell containers (depending on where you live), clean aluminum foil, and plastic water bottles with the caps on. Common recycling mistakes: Plastic ...

“Here we have a man whose job it is to gather the day’s refuse in the capital,” wrote Charles Baudelaire, invoking the ragpicker, a new type on the streets of his native nineteenth-century Paris.

The decision to consolidate recycling drop-off sites came at the city council’s December workshop. City staff said the city ...

The recycling world has become a dangerous maze of good intentions gone wrong. What many people don't realize is that contamination rate in recycling bins is estimated at around 16-25%, with some ...