The Progressive Bag Affiliates has launched an initiative to promote bag recycling throughout the nation. Several of the country's biggest bag manufacturers will begin printing a message on their bags ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Many people remain unsure what plastics can be recycled - with millions of bottles unnecessarily being discarded every day in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "chasing arrows" logo is universally recognized as a sign to recycle, but the Environmental Protection Agency is now saying it ...

You know that little triangle with the number inside that you see on practically every plastic item you've ever touched? The one that made you feel good about tossing your yogurt container into the ...

Plastic recycling symbols only tell you what type of plastic an item is made from — not that the item is recyclable. Plastics 1, 2, and 5 are typically recyclable, while 3, 4, 6, and 7 can rarely be ...

Canada's government is considering banning the chasing arrows symbol from all plastic items unless they're accepted in at least 80 percent of Canada's recycling facilities, the latest sign of ...

Confused about which products to toss into the recycling bin? You aren’t the only one. The ubiquitous recycling symbol is everywhere, even on packages that cannot be recycled at the vast majority of ...

WOODINVILLE, WA. -- The conveyor belts zip along at blinding speed and rows of workers at the Waste Management Recycling Center do their best to keep up. Their job is to pull the un-recyclables from ...