Columbia recently announced that it would no longer pick up recycling for a while due to staffing shortages. While this seems like a major setback for the environment, recycling is a rapidly failing ...

The plastics industry has long hyped recycling, even though it is well aware that it’s been a failure. Worldwide, only 9 percent of plastic waste actually gets recycled. In the United States, the rate ...

According to experts, our recycling system, as it currently stands, is broken. Many of China's recycling mills and farms are being forced to stop collecting recyclable scrap materials due to the ...

I used to be that person who obsessively rinsed out jars and separated every tiny piece of paper from plastic. You know the ...

January brings sticker shock on your credit cards, and maybe that bathroom scale, from all that holiday splurging on gifts and entertainment, nice meals and parties, now that we can go out again after ...

The need for automation in recycling is obvious, one robotics company CEO said. This is the first episode of ABC News Digital's four-part series "Green New Future," which highlights innovators and ...

CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — By the end of the week, Chesapeake officials say all recycling carts that have overflowed for weeks should be emptied. Chesapeake Mayor Rick West told Ten on Your Side that he ...