Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.

For years, sorting bottles from cardboard, scrubbing out jars, and dragging the blue bin to the curb felt like the right thing to do. It felt like participation. But at some point, the nagging feeling ...

The switch from Waste Management to Republic Services has been anything but smooth in Battle Creek, but more curbside carts are on the way. This week, Republic started delivering the second round of ...

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may not be allowed.

Chicago-based Tropicana, a division of PepsiCo, and Waste Management, Houston, have launched a national initiative to increase the number of juice and milk cartons for recycling. Waste Management will ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

At the Reuter Recycling Facility in Pembroke Pines, a large plant that smells vaguely of garbage, Waste Management gathers recyclable material from all over Miami-Dade, Broward, and Monroe counties.

The Grounds Department has a significant role in solid waste management on campus. The department routinely assists other units on campus with managing a variety of materials scheduled for recycling ...

Tennessee's proposed Waste to Jobs Act aims to shift recycling costs from taxpayers to corporations, Oak Ridge's EQAB chair ...