Recycling plays a crucial part in our daily lives by keeping the environment clean. It is simple and yet free. Recycling helps prevent waste from going to landfills, reduces pollution and saves energy ...

In 2023, the Virginia Beach City Council signed a resolution, on the recommendation of the Virginia Beach Clean Community Commission (VBCCC), that recognizes the first full week of September as Zero ...

California isn’t recycling nearly enough water, according to a new report by UCLA researchers, who say the state should treat and reuse more wastewater to help address the Colorado River’s chronic ...

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE)— On Earth Day, the City of Fort Wayne reminded residents that the benefits of recycling go far beyond being eco-friendly. Matt Gratz, the solid waste manager for the city, said ...

I like to think of myself as a good caretaker of the planet. To that end, I am faithful about placing my recyclable waste items—plastic containers, glass bottles and jars, cans, paper and ...

Rows of dead batteries stretch across some 30 acres of high desert, organized in piles and boxes that are covered to shield them from the western Nevada sun. This vast field is where Redwood Materials ...

Visitors picked up trash, including plastic bottles, styrofoam and plastic wrap, brought in from the bay. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) This article originally appeared on Inside ...

Adding to a run of student-led recycling programs at UC Santa Barbara, fourth-year undergraduate students Kaili Mikami and Lauren Buyalos are helping combat the rising tide of discarded plastics in ...

Recycling oyster shells from restaurants not only provides reef habitat for new oysters and other fish, but it also benefits the marine economy and enables the mollusks to improve the environment by ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — With Earth Day just a day away, News 19 spoke with various groups to discuss how they are working to help the environment. RANA is a division of the Solid Waste Disposal ...

Bales of shredded plastic material are stacked in a warehouse with two people in hard hats talking in front of them as a third person drives a forklift carrying a bale. Bales of used plastic at ...