Recycling properly takes a bit of precision. Here are seven takeout containers that should stay out of the blue bin.

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number. Getty Images / Os Tartarouchos No matter how hard we ...

ALBANY — Frank Zeoli can’t believe some of the things people try to recycle. Plastic wrap. Children’s toys. Entire lamps. For all the efforts to promote the importance of recycling, there’s a dearth ...

Q: Dear Ask us Guy, I am concerned our family is doing more wish-cycling than we should. My recycle container says they can recycle plastic containers through No.7. But we saw a No.5 in some take-out ...

a row of plastic bottle planters decorated to look like bunnies - Naiyanadonraman/Getty Images We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. The impacts of plastic pollution continue to ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Welcome to Sustainability with Sarah! I’m the climate change and environmental reporter for The Greenville News, covering issues and solutions across the Upstate. In this weekly column, I will answer ...

When Whatcom County residents learned recently that trash and recycling hauler Sanitary Service Co. wasn’t accepting clamshell containers anymore, the folks at Ridwell, a waste reduction and recycling ...

Summer means getting gardens in shape and buying plants to add color or greenery to the yard. But it also means being left with all those plastic containers that the plants come in, which typically ...