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The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.

This handy guide to recycling plastic will tell you everything you need to know about plastics, including the recycling symbols meaning. All plastics are not created equal. If you must buy plastic, ...

I see recyclables in the trash at every coffee shop I visit. I thought all businesses were supposed to recycle these days? — Lynn F. The short answer — yes, they are supposed to recycle. And not just ...

Two global international plastics recycling organizations have developed what they call a global definition intended to govern the use of the term “recyclable” as is relates to plastics packaging and ...

As useful as plastics are in our everyday life, they’re difficult to recycle, meaning most ends up in landfill or polluting the environment. Now, researchers in Japan have used a novel catalyst to ...

Old electronics are tricky to recycle, meaning they clog up landfills while locking valuable metals away. Now scientists have demonstrated printed circuits that can be degraded on demand, returning ...

Metzger cited the Merriam-Webster definition of the word, which says that recycling means processing something “in order to ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...