In an effort to help consumers recycle properly, the National Waste and Recycling Association (NWRA), the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA), the Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) and ...
While plastic bags have been cast in a somewhat unfavorable light by the media and some local governments, there are numerous recycling options for the material, according to Donna Dempsey of the ...
SAN FRANCISCO -- Supermarket operators here have signed a letter of agreement to join forces with the city to reduce by 10 million the number of grocery bags entering the waste stream by the end of ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A coalition of plastic film recyclers and reusable bag manufacturers today launched the Responsible Recycling Alliance (RRA), a coalition organized to help ...
FRAMINGHAM — The city's recycling coordinator is warning residents not to believe everything they read when it comes to plastic bags. Eve Carey, Framingham Public Works' recycling coordinator, ...
Editor's note: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated that residents could bring No. 7 plastics to the city's recycling drop-off center on Mt. Wayte Street. That is not the case.