Knowing what can or can't be recycled can be confusing. It gets more difficult because there are thousands of recycling programs across the country and each program has different rules. One potential ...

Today, when you recycle a plastic container, it goes to a material recovery facility, where it must be identified and sorted. Facilities typically rely on imprecise older technology to try to figure ...

Every time an office building or an old home is demolished, all of the broken-down materials have to go somewhere. The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 230 million to 530 million tons ...