Clothlike bags sold at big box stores, often made out of plastic, can’t be recycled, which means they’re often left to ...

All of their bags are made of vegan leather that's crafted from recycled materials. While the outside is made of vegetable by-products, the inside is made from recycled plastic water bottles.

That soon will change in several Lake County communities and townships, as orange bags will be the focus of a new program to keep hard-to-recycle items out of landfills. Chip bags, foam egg ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — When it comes to recycling in Tucson, the color of your bag matters. The City of Tucson recently revamped its Hard to Recycle program, requiring residents to use specific ...

“Most of it can be recycled,” said Reid Lifset ... An ABC News investigation published in April found that some plastic bags returned for recycling ended up in Malaysia and Indonesia as ...

Don't through away those plastic bags! Reuse them, turn your old shopping bags into a cool new kite by following these instructions. Feed some string through a new straw (Leaving about 10cm either ...

Hefty ReNew orange bags are placed inside a regular recycle bin. (Reynolds Consumer Products) As outlined by Hefty Brands, part of Lake Forest-based Reynolds Consumer Products; the Lakeshore ...

“I faithfully filled the orange bags. I tried to follow their directions. I was picking things out of the trash can because I felt compelled (to recycle).” But in the last few years, she said ...

Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products. To encourage more recycling, some countries are taxing single-use plastic ...

We know that the agricultural industry has a massive greenhouse gas problem. Now, more research suggests that there is a potentially easy method to cut it down. The promising solution? Simply swap ...

Danish architecture firm Cobe has announced a new project to transform the historic 'Krulli' steelworks, a large-scale former industrial site in Estonia's capital, into a mixed-use city district ...

Instead of throwing away your old laptops, desktops and printers, do your part to ease the burden on our landfill and recycle them. There are many ways you can responsibly recycle computers ...