Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

Time to part ways with that $5 half broken piece of plastic you've been using since college and give your bathroom an upgrade ...

Roadside piles of flood debris still litter Haywood County five months after the flood. Why is it lingering, why do new piles keep showing up, why do some seem to get skipped, and when will it finally ...

According to Tidio, as many as 70% of Americans shop online, so it means many people are handling lots of leftover packaging. Instead of trashing it, folks can follow this Reddit post and use it to ...

I can not remember the last time I paid for a small sized garbage bag.” Woman reveals simple money-saving hack to repurpose ...

A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

In their space-starved apartments, residents complain they have no good place to store their mounting food scraps — and collection can, at times, be annoying.

"Love this bag carrier," wrote one happy reviewer. "This has saved my hands so much pain from carrying all the grocery bags ...

The success of recycling plastic is abysmal — the U.S. rate is roughly 7% — but in theory it can be done. So, I was delighted when I learned that Tucson, Ariz., where I live, was starting a pilot ...

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been ...

Goodwill's move aligns with a growing national movement to curb plastic bag use. By January 2024, twelve states had enacted ...

Cops on Thursday arrested a tenant in the Queens building where the superintendent who had gone to collect overdue rent was found dead stuffed in garbage bags under a bed. Sandra Coto Navarro, 48, was ...