When items travel along a conveyor belt at a sorting facility, they move past a fast-spinning magnetic rotor at the end. This ...

You toss that yogurt container into the recycling bin. It feels good, right? You're doing your part for the environment. Except here's the uncomfortable truth: there's a decent chance that container ...

For WUWM's "Beats Me" series, a listener asked which plastics are recyclable in Wisconsin. Turns out, it varies depending on ...

You want to be a more responsible consumer, but find that some common household plastics, like the utensils that come with takeout orders, aren’t accepted for recycling. That soon will change in ...

You toss that greasy pizza box into the recycling bin. You feel good about it. You're helping the planet, right? Well, here's the thing. That simple act might actually be making things worse.

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 ...

MARION, Iowa (KCRG) - An eastern Iowa nonprofit is helping divert Marion’s old recycling bins from landfills. Last fall, the City of Marion switched to an automated recycling service. But the switch ...