For some, what happens to the contents of your household ‘food bin’ that many councils collect for recycling waste is perhaps even more mysterious than what happens to the plastic in our recycling ...

Everyone knows we should recycle plastic, glass, aluminum and paper–or at least, we know we’re supposed to. But for leftover Chinese takeout and other kitchen scraps, which make up around 30% of our ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

The United States generates more food waste than all but two countries. To address this, the federal government set a goal to cut food waste in half by 2030 compared to 2016 levels, to about 164 ...

ELMSFORD, N.Y. — When Sean Rafferty got his start in the grocery business, anything that wasn't sold got tossed out. But on a recent day, Rafferty, the store manager for ShopRite of ...

A binman has warned people their recycling may not be collected if a common piece of packaging is spotted inside. It turns ...