Plastic recycling will change in England from 2027, when many plastics that previously ended up being incinerated will be recycled from kerbside bins. This includes some plastics that some British ...

Plastic recycling will change for many households from March 2027. Plastic recycling will change in England from 2027, when many plastics that previously ended up being incinerated will be recycled ...

Among the plastic in your house might be an orange-colored hard laundry detergent bottle and a squeezable clear ketchup bottle. Come recycling day, you might put them on the curb in a blue bin or bag, ...

Note: An audio version of this story aired on NPR's Planet Money. Listen to the episode here. Laura Leebrick, a manager at Rogue Disposal & Recycling in southern Oregon, is standing on the end of its ...

On a recent fall morning in central Harlem, stacks of plastic garbage bags filled the sidewalks in front of the well-kept brownstones. Some of the black bags leaked brownish-gray liquid, others sat ...

It will be too late for the Olympic games – but garbage be gone thereafter. An underwater bin that draws plastic detritus out of the sea has reached the final stages of research, and should be ...

Britain's 'binsanity' was today laid bare ahead of long-awaited plans to simplify the confusing postcode lottery of waste collection. The Daily Mail's interactive map reveals how councils get ...

Rodents have apparently gnawed clear through the dense plastic of the Big Apple ‘s supposedly “rat proof” new trash bins — but the city said the results show the containers are largely keeping the ...

After decades of earnest public-information campaigns, Americans are finally recycling. Airports, malls, schools, and office buildings across the country have bins for plastic bottles and aluminum ...

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