That instinct to drop anything plastic, paper or cardboard into the recycling bin is hard to shake, but it's also one of the ...

A lot of us have increased our takeout and delivery food consumption in 2020. Dining at a restaurant — especially indoors — poses a number of risks amid the coronavirus pandemic, so meal delivery ...

The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority makes it easy to recycle paper. (Centre Daily Times, file) I like to check in with the recycling collection crew periodically to gather ideas for my ...

Mastering recycling in 2025 means understanding what actually belongs in your bin. Takeout containers might look recyclable, but appearances can be deceiving -- many should either be reused, if ...

Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate. Last year, the U.S. exported 74,000 shipping containers of plastic waste to low-income countries, researcher Jan Dell ...

Tossing every piece of takeout packaging into the blue bin might feel like the right move, but "wish-cycling" is often worse than just using the trash. Most people assume that if it looks like plastic ...