Every October is an exciting time for the industry as we celebrate National Forest Products Week and remind the world of the many benefits of recycling paper and paper-based packaging. At home, school ...

A new ability to don an unqualified “please, recycle” claim on cartons elevates the packaging’s already strong sustainability story and gives brands that use the containers another tool with which to ...

Curbside yard waste carts may be tan, green, or other colors in various parts of Ventura County, but all programs abide by some of the same rules regarding which materials may be placed inside carts ...

Some envelopes have "please recycle" on the backs of them, but most do not. Can all envelopes be recycled? Also, I presume a pizza box that has been cleaned of debris can also be recycled. Is that ...

To the editor: Textiles contribute far more to our waste stream than you’d think. An estimated 230,000 tons of textile products enter the state’s waste stream every year — almost 70 pounds per person ...

Despite what you may have heard, plastics recycling is not dead. There are plenty of successful companies that recycle post-consumer and post-industrial plastics. I've been seeing a lot of news ...

Here is a go-to guide for how to dispose of acceptable recycled materials, hard-to-recycle materials and unacceptable materials that can only go to the landfill. Thin plastic lids that come on trays ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The stacks of stuff in the garage seem never-ending. Throw in the so-called single-stream recycle bin or the trash? Try to find a place to recycle? There ...