Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

Californians drink a quarter of the nation’s bottled water, but they recycle only 16 percent of the bottles. The rest — 1 billion water bottles a year — are tossed into the state’s landfills. “We have ...

Myth: Plastic bottles can't be recycled; Fact: Water bottles can be recycled approximately 6 times – but only 3 in 10 make it into a recycling bin "There's a big misconception that plastic can't be ...

I used to grab a plastic water bottle without thinking twice. It was easy. Convenient. The thing you just did when you were ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle recycling rates across the United States made a notable climb in 2023, according to Middleton, Wisconsin-based National Association for PET Container Resources’ ...

BILL SUPPORTERS WANT CONSUMERS TO THINK OF IT THIS WAY THEY ARE BORROWING THE CONTAINER AND THEY’LL GET THEIR DEPOSIT BACK WHEN THEY RETURN IT. WHAT DO WE NEED? A BOTTLE BILL. WE NEED ONE. DOZENS OF ...

Superintendent Don Martin was surprised when a parent asked him why some schools weren't recycling paper. "One of the parents said … that he didn't see much recycling going on and was concerned about ...