OPB

Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic makers used recycling as a fig leaf

YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle – shrink wrap recycling program returns to Manorhaven to cut plastic waste

Collections at Manorhaven Beach Park will run daily this spring to help reduce environmental impact.
Civil Eats

How Specialty Recycling Companies Reduce Plastic Waste

Expand your understanding of food systems as a Civil Eats member. Enjoy unlimited access to our groundbreaking reporting, engage with experts, and connect with a community of changemakers. We ask a ...
The Daily Illini

Opinion | Reduce, reuse, we’re not actually recycling

Dating back to World War II, recycling represented the strength, innovation and stability of American democracy. It was a time when households, still recovering from the great depression, relied on ...
Recycling Today

Global Recycling Foundation recognizes Recycling Heroes

The Global Recycling Foundation (GRF) has announced the winners of its 2026 Recycling Heroes Competition. In addition to 15 ...
WWLP-22News

Grants awarded to help reduce waste and increase recycling

BOSTON (MassDEP) – The Baker-Polito Administration announced $3.1 million in grant funding to 268 municipalities and regional solid waste districts across the Commonwealth. The grants, made available ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Opinion: Reduce and reuse before turning to recycling

As the city of Chesapeake contemplates ending its curbside recycling program, we have an opportunity to look at our “disposable society.” We all have a love affair with convenience and quick ...
Forbes

Recycling And Reuse? Ways To Win The War On Waste

Big F&B companies are taking steps to advance waste solutions, even as current product packaging continues to accumulate. No one can question that we have a global problem with food and beverage waste ...

Battery recycling bill overwhelmingly clears NH House

The House of Representative overwhelmingly approved an industry-run battery recycling program weeks after Gov. Kelly Ayotte had vetoed legislation to authorize a similar design for how to dispose of ...
The Conversation

A solar panel recycling scheme would help reduce waste, but please repair and reuse first

Deepika Mathur has received research funding from the Northern Territory and federal governments. Australia’s rooftop solar industry has renewed calls for a mandatory recycling scheme to deal with the ...
KPBS

Reduce, reuse, redirect outrage: How plastic-makers used recycling as a fig leaf

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...