Portlanders love to recycle. We enjoy it so much we throw all kinds of stuff into our blue recycling bins that doesn't belong there. Plastic bags, batteries, Styrofoam—and diapers. Lots of dirty ...

Since the city changed from dual stream recycling to single stream, recycling may be easier for the consumer, but is more difficult for the facilities sorting the materials. Using blue plastic bags ...

Beginning New Year’s Day, Ontario municipalities will no longer be responsible for curbside recycling, sparking fears of more ...

Like much of the Western world, Canada is facing a crisis in waste disposal as landfills reach their capacity. In Ontario, a ...

You stopped at a coffee shop, got a cup of Joe to go, then went home and grabbed a yogurt out of the fridge. Now you’re done, and the question is this: Do the empty containers go into the trash bin or ...

Containers with the recycling triangle on them need to be as clean as using a spatula in a peanut butter container. You don’t need to wash them to the standard of your clean dishes. See the Recycling ...

When Marylanders first started tossing recyclables into the blue bin and setting it out by the curb about a decade ago, only a small percentage of the material ended up in a landfill or incinerator.

Many of those ubiquitous blue recycling bins in driveways across town are scheduled to start disappearing soon. But a new plan to return curbside recycling to Lufkin might just be replacing them. In ...

PORT ANGELES — The Blue Mountain Transfer Station, much of which was gutted in a November fire, will be back on schedule beginning Saturday. Since Jan. 4, the transfer station at 1469 Blue Mountain ...