The ReUse Program at the University of Minnesota is working to reduce waste on campus by redistributing, reselling and recycling donated materials. The program receives rolling donations, which they ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — March 18 is observed as Global Recycling Day, and it isn’t too late to celebrate. This day is set as a reminder that much of the state’s trash is in fact reusable, recyclable or not ...

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Reduce, reuse, recycle. It’s a phrase we’ve all become accustomed to hearing. Some products and materials are commonly recycled with little thought, such as beverage containers in states with a ...

Debris from destruction of a building in a yellow container on a work site. Many building components can be recycled and turned into new products. In 2018, over 27% of wood construction debris was ...

Workers sort through garbage to see what's in landfills. (IA DNR photo) The Iowa DNR has released three studies on the environmental and economic impacts of recycling in the state. The DNR’s Laurie ...

Sculpture Space, Empire Recycling, local, resident artists celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with annual scavenge for scrap ...

Readers who wish to reuse material from papers published in Ecological Society of America (ESA) journals should obtain permission by visiting the Wiley Online Library page for the manuscript in ...

Tacoma, Wash., recently initiated a study to find ways to increase building material reuse through deconstruction and salvage. The city council unanimously voted to direct the city manager to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Broken and worn-out solar panels can be recycled, but it's not easy. Suzanne Kreiter/The Boston Globe via Getty Images It’s hard ...

Construction waste comes in many forms. From scrap materials such as wood, brick, metal and asphalt during construction to broken glass, concrete and rocks during demolition. Some of these materials ...