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Plastics labeled with a number 1 inside the recycling symbol are about 20.9% likely to be reprocessed, according to Greenpeace. Plastics numbered 3 through 7 have a reprocessing rate of less than 5%, ...

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, ...

The plastics industry doesn't have a great track record when it comes to achieving recycling goals. We're good at setting ambitious targets, but not so good at reaching them. The latest recycling ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —Sioux Falls continues to grow, but recycling numbers are not. “Overall they’re stagnant. Residential numbers we believe are down. So the city numbers that came out recently ...