Lots of people find recycling confusing. It’s bad enough that every town has slightly different rules. What one town accepts the next one down the road doesn’t. But what can make recycling really confusing? Lots of what people think they … Continue reading →
Americans recycle badly. We commit two equal and opposite mistakes: not recycling at all or putting the wrong things in our recycling. Trying to recycle what can’t be recycled has earned the name “aspirational recycling.” Are you guilty? I took … Continue reading →
Once you haul your recyclables out to the curb, what happens to them? A lot of the recycling process depends on your municipality’s practices. Most rely on single-stream recycling. That is, they require households and businesses to separate commingled recyclables … Continue reading →
Contributed by Ellie Gabel While you might already recycle glass bottles and cardboard boxes, you may not consider scrap metal recycling. Even though taking it to a recycling facility can be very beneficial, many people are unaware they can do … Continue reading →
You can’t put plastic bags out to the curb for recycling. The plastic bag recycling process starts when you take your bags and other films to a store. You know that, of course. You probably also know that the plastic … Continue reading →
Asphalt accounts for the surface of more than 90% of American roads. Recently, and worldwide, some of that asphalt contains plastic. If adding waste plastic to asphalt pavement becomes routine, it could sequester vast quantities of it. But are plastic … Continue reading →