Recycling

Donald Sanderson says people in Woodbury, N.J., call him the "father of recycling" after he and other City Council members in 1980 passed what they say was the first mandatory curbside recycling program in the United States. Rebecca Davis/NPR When curbside …

Upgrades for your kitchen that are functional, design-forward and kinder to the environment While it’s crucial to shift much of the onus from consumers to big brands and the government regarding sustainability, we can all do better. (For example, while the US…

Recycling material moves along a conveyor belt to be sorted at Waste Management's Material Recovery Facility in Elkridge, Md. In 2018, China announced it would no longer buy most plastic waste from places like the U.S. Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images The U.S. us…

Skyscrapers are typically places for people to live and work. But what if they could also help save the world? That’s the idea behind the design journal eVolo’s annual skyscraper competition, which solicits concepts for the tall buildings of the future. For …

A UK mom served time in jail after she put her recycling out in the wrong color bag. Ipswitch mother-of-three Lyndsey Webb, 34, reportedly used black bags for her recycling, unaware of a new March ordinance requiring her to use orange and clear bags. In a s…

Image caption Paros faces a huge challenge in cutting plastic waste because of its big summer tourist influx The sun dips towards the sea on Xifara beach as Stella Cervello walks along, picking up handfuls of plastic waste. There are shredded plastic bags,…

Recyling isn’t a one size fits all solution and there is a reason its the last R. The New York Times made this list of some ways recycling can innovate: MELBOURNE, Australia — Since China stopped accepting much of the world’s recyclable waste last year, many…

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A deep dive into Amazon FC Ambassadors program finds 53 Ambassador accounts in seven countries, some of which are using fake identities and recycling accounts (Aric Toler/bellingcat)