When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

Recycling our materials saves resources, diverts tons of material from our landfills and helps create healthier communities and a cleaner planet. In honor of Earth Day on Tuesday, here are some simple ...

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been known to rescue recyclables from the trash — at my house, for sure, but ...

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

It’s time for some trash talk. That’s because some Lake County communities are beginning a new program impacting garbage collections. The Hefty ReNew program kicking off in October will be giving ...