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Saturday, Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day. The national recycling rate has increased from less than 7% in 1960 to the current rate of 32%. America Recycles Day is an educational event by Keep America ...

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

I’m on an overnight flight from New York to Frankfurt, Germany, and the accoutrements given to me in business class have a sustainable sheen. Both the polyester blanket and polyester flight kit ...

We're told to recycle everything. Sort your plastics by number, rinse your glass jars, break down your cardboard boxes. Honestly, it's exhausting. Yet what if I told you that most of your effort is ...

Knowing what you can and can't recycle is important, otherwise you can contaminate a whole bin.

REDUCE CONTAMINANTS IN RECYCLING BINS. THE GOAL IS SIMPLE MAKE SURE EVERYTHING THAT GOES INTO ONE OF THESE BLUE BINS BELONGS IN A BLUE BIN. WELL, IT’S EASY. BOTTLES, CANS AND PAPER. THAT’S WHAT’S ...

(This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.) Correction: The city of Corpus Christi recycles plastics that display the numbers 1, 2 or 5 inside a triangle. A previous ...

Major changes are coming, officials say.

While the holidays can be a joyful time of year for many, they are also a significant source of waste. Americans produce an estimated 25% more solid waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, ...