You know that little triangle with the number inside that you see on practically every plastic item you've ever touched? The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. PET or PETE (polyethylene terephthalate) is the most common plastic for single-use bottled beverages because it's inexpensive, ...

When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

Every morning, when state Sen. Ben Allen would grab the newspaper from outside his Santa Monica home, he’d pull off the plastic sleeve bearing the triangular recycling symbol and throw it where he ...

As British households prepare to put away the Christmas decorations for another year, many will also be thinking about a clear-out ahead of a fresh start for 2026. As well as Christmas trees and the ...

“Blue bin it” means recycle it in Onondaga County. But hundreds of the containers that for 20 years have held plastic bottles and newspapers are heading to the recycle pile themselves. A garbage ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment.

One of the most recognized logos around, the recycling symbol, is in line for a major revamp. California recently became the first state to restrict the use of the widely known "chasing arrows" symbol ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people remain unsure what plastics can be recycled - with millions of bottles unnecessarily being discarded every day in the ...