The picnic tables inside Plastic Lumber Co.'s warehouse look solid and durable, as if they were crafted by a master carpenter using thick lumber and a sharp saw. But they weren't built from redwood or ...

Now that the holiday gift-giving season is over, parents may be looking for ways to recycle or donate their children's old ...

"Closing the loop." Scientists make major breakthrough that could transform what happens to common waste: 'A new industry ...

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been known to rescue recyclables from the trash — at my house, for sure, but ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Keep Alliance Beautiful processed and shipped a record 961,086 pounds of recyclables during 2025. While our volumes were up ...

The Lorain County Solid Waste District is opening a contest for local schools to collect the most plastic grocery bags by the end of the year when the three top collecting schools will win a prize ...

The Hefty ReNew bags are pulled off the recycling line at Rumpke and dumped down an orange chute to be sent to Hefty for recycling. It's been a year since Rumpke began accepting additional flexible ...