Comal County has new rules for residents in the new year regarding dropping off recycling materials, according to a Facebook ...

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As a volunteer I have been supporting Brattleboro town staff with research and analysis about curbside collection of waste since April. They have worked diligently and creatively to achieve the ...

At AMP, a company that builds artificial intelligence-powered recycling systems, founder Matanya Horowitz has another way of ...

Our basement bedroom has a huge desktop computer that we never, ever touch -- except to dust. Why are we keeping it? A recent CNET survey found that nearly a third of us are hoarding old electronics, ...

A "large" fire that broke out on Saturday at a recycling plant has been brought under control overnight, Lincolnshire Police said. The blaze at Mid UK Recycling in Barkston Heath, near Grantham, was ...

If you've been crushing cans of seltzer an at-home carbonator can slash your monthly spend. Before you hulk-smash another can, read this and learn why it's better to just leave it alone. So you think ...

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Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...