Many Tehama County residents are doing their part to recycle and protect the environment. Recycling helps conserve natural resources and keeps waste out of landfills. However, a growing issue is ...

I like to think of myself as a good caretaker of the planet. To that end, I am faithful about placing my recyclable waste items—plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, cans, paper and ...

These simple swaps can cut down on individual carbon footprint. There are certain things you can't go without: soap, laundry supplies, and medications, for instance. And for those trying to do their ...

Creating waste goes hand in hand with modern society. But how we dispose of it has changed significantly in recent decades. Disposal sites have largely moved from small, unregulated landfills where ...

When the Meals on Wheels program in Syracuse stopped using Styrofoam trays, it donated hundreds of unused trays to Utica Creative Reuse. Second graders at Bradley Elementary School in New Hartford ...

According to experts, our recycling system, as it currently stands, is broken. Many of China's recycling mills and farms are being forced to stop collecting recyclable scrap materials due to the ...

When the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services tweaked the math behind its statewide recycling rate estimate last fall, the result suggested that the state was doing worse than previously ...

Metro recently awarded the first round of multiyear Reuse Impact Fund grants. The grants will help strengthen and expand greater Portland’s reuse, repair ...

For the first time since 2004, Carroll County updated its local waste and recycling laws last week. With the county’s ...

The state recycled about 36% of its household trash in 2024, but is still generating waste faster than its population growth, according to a new report.

Learn how UNR’s Environmental Health & Safety supports plastic film recycling with new campus drop‑off locations and ...