Consider the life of a disposable plastic plate. If the plate was used in New York City, it should go in the recycling bin only after it...

These days, recycling is out, and recycling cynicism is in. In 2017, that cynicism peaked when China axed a decades-long agreement to...

Just a few months ago, Malaysia’s Port Klang was home to a wide array of trash from around the world. Inside the cargo containers that...

The blue bins are for recycling; everyone knows that. Everything in those bins gets melted down and reused for manufacturing paper or...