If you throw a plastic water bottle or yogurt cup in a recycling bin, it might not necessarily be recycled. Inside sprawling warehouses that the industry calls “MRFs” or materials recovery facilities, ...

Superintendent Don Martin was surprised when a parent asked him why some schools weren't recycling paper. "One of the parents said … that he didn't see much recycling going on and was concerned about ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

Myth: Plastic bottles can't be recycled; Fact: Water bottles can be recycled approximately 6 times – but only 3 in 10 make it into a recycling bin "There's a big misconception that plastic can't be ...

Californians drink a quarter of the nation’s bottled water, but they recycle only 16 percent of the bottles. The rest — 1 billion water bottles a year — are tossed into the state’s landfills. “We have ...

If you use a Brita water filter, you already know that you're getting all the benefits of the purest bottled brands from simple tap water. But when your filter reaches the end of its life, you might ...