Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

Changing markets and confusion over what can be thrown in recycling bins has forced some communities to rethink or even suspend their recycling programs. But many more recycling programs are working ...

Recycling is hard. Most Americans don’t know what should go into their recycling bins — and when they guess, they often guess wrong and gum up the works of recycling facilities in the process. This ...

Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...

All Ulster County, New York, residents will soon be able to combine plastic, glass and metal recyclables. Under a new Resource Recovery Agency plan, gone are the days when residents had to separate ...

MB-Sort, Schoenberg, Germany, was established in August 2016 to provide contract sorting of various types of complex and technically problematic materials. Every month MB-Sort recycles up to 200 tons ...

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...

WILLMAR -- Of all the questions that are asked about Kandiyohi County's recycling program, the one that comes up most often is whether single-sort recycling will become available. "Every time I go out ...