Plastic bags and films can’t be recycled in a traditional curbside recycling bin, but there are still many opportunities for local residents to recycle these single-use plastics.  A report ...

Experts share how to safely reuse plastic bags and when to recycle instead. Plastic bags aren’t as popular as they once were.

Don't through away those plastic bags! Reuse them, turn your old shopping bags into a cool new kite by following these instructions. Feed some string through a new straw (Leaving about 10cm either ...

dry cleaner bags and other forms of what’s known as plastic film for recycling, even if they’re neatly bundled. You’ll get a ...

Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products. To encourage more recycling, some countries are taxing single-use plastic ...

Recycle right, take our interactive quiz, try out the Hefty ReNew bags, compost in Armstrong Student Center, and more ...

If plastic-lined or waxed, it’s also unsuitable for recycling. The same goes for paper plates, sandwich boxes and bakery bags that have signs of food contamination. Baking paper is not ...

About 25,000 more households are now able to recycle plastic bags and wrapping through kerbside collections. It comes after Somerset Council expanded a small trial involving 3,500 homes in Frome ...

RUSHFORD, Minn. (KTTC) – A science teacher in the Rushford-Peterson School District is being recognized by the community for ...

Once the bags are full of each kind of item ... the U.S. were starting to realize that very little plastic was actually getting recycled. Metzger found places that would actually take some ...