As summer winds down, you may have a variety of broken or no-longer-needed items. What are your options for disposing of them ...

Plastic recycling labels are everywhere: The ubiquitous “chasing arrows” symbol adorns everything from plastic bags and water bottles to kids’ toys. Most commonly, these symbols appear with a number — ...

Trash or Recycling? Why Plastic Keeps Us Guessing. Did you know the ♻ symbol doesn’t mean something is actually recyclable? Play our trashy garbage-sorting game. Then, read on about how we got here, ...

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Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018, the most ...

When you’re brushing your teeth and you’ve squeezed out the last bit of toothpaste, you probably toss the empty tube in the trash. Few people realize that most toothpaste tubes are now recyclable—at ...

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Consumers in 2022 are well aware of the importance of recycling. After all, they have been bombarded with “recyclable” messaging on their ...

Extended producer responsibility policies are gaining steam in the US, but what they entail can differ widely from state to ...