One ton of recycled aluminum cans saves enough energy to power a laptop for more than 77 years. One ton of recycled copy paper saves up to 7,000 gallons of water, or enough water for more than 411 ...
Recycling household waste is easier than ever. But that’s because there are fewer items accepted into curbside bins. The restrictions come mostly from the difficulties in separating paper, glass, ...
HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Nearly 20% of the 25,000 tons from residential blue cart items cannot be accepted at the City and County of Honolulu’s recycling facility. That’s according to Henry Gabriel, ...
The questions start at the blue recycling bin. Will this recycle? Should the lid stay on? Does it even matter? Yes, it matters. New technologies allow recycling centers to sort and resell 80% of the ...
Don't do this: Toss cans into the recycling bin before cleaning. If foods or liquids are left in the cans, they can ...
SAN DIEGO — We have covered many stories about recycling in our Earth 8 reports, and each time we discover more and more. So, we decided it was time to really get into the dirty details of what ...