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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, ...

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 ...

(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 ...

From left to right: Kathryn Wylie, lobbyist with the S.C. Beverage Association; Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette; Myra Reece, environmental services director; PalmettoPride Director Sarah Lyles; and state ...

Americans are deeply committed to recycling —according to the EPA, in 2013, we generated about 254 million tons of trash and recycled and composted about 87 million tons. That’s a roughly one-third ...

All recycling goes to one place in the Treasure Coast. Recyclables are sold on a worldwide waste market to be turned into new goods. Florida is far from its goal of recycling 75% of its waste. New ...