From toilet paper tubes to wine corks and plastic bottles all can be recycled and turned into useful things for the home.

“In the U.S., shopping bags, wraps, and films aren’t accepted in most municipal curbside recycling programs,” Penge says.

From TV remotes and game controllers, to smoke alarms and clocks, many household items regularly use single-use batteries for ...

Watkyn says that it’s fairly easy to tell if wrapping paper is recyclable. "Try the festive scrunch test: scrunch the paper ...

If your trash and recycling bins are already overflowing with cardboard boxes, glass bottles and debris from holiday ...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, almost 94 tons of municipal solid waste were recycled and composed in 2018 – about 32%. But there's also the looming issue of contamination, rendering ...

Did you know that you can’t recycle many kinds of wrapping paper or Christmas decorations? But don’t worry, there’s plenty of ...

We all want to do our bit to recycle more and reduce waste. In fact, there’s even a term that describes the act of putting items into your kerbside recycling in the hope that they will get recycled: ...

BOISE, Idaho — Christmas day has come and gone, gifts have been opened, wrapping paper and accessories are everywhere, and trees are being taken down. Now, it's time for the Christmas cleanup.

Recycling is a nightmare. We all want to reduce waste— 93% of Americans support recycling—but in the real world, many/most people don't really know what's recyclable and what isn't. So we toss every ...

It’s easy to get confused about what can and can’t be recycled. The No. 1 rule is to follow your local guidelines. Print them and post them by your recycling bins for quick reference. But ...

The holiday season leads to an increase in waste, prompting the Oneida-Herkimer Solid Waste Authority to release its annual ...