The TCPalm team strapped on reflective vests and trudged among the trash to learn about recycling down to the individual item. Here's what we found.

Large companies will start paying into a program to expand and unify Oregon's recycling system, helping more cities offer ...

With millions of balls headed to landfills, Ridwell and Jumbo's Pickleball offer drop bins through July 15 — no membership needed to help cut plastic waste.

Plastic manufacturers are pushing to have their products counted as compost. Composters and farmers are trying to stop them.

As fun as Fourth of July cookouts can get, everyone dreads the cleanup that comes right after. But it doesn't have to be ...

The changes have made for plenty of confusion and raised plenty of questions among city residents. The San Diego ...

More specialized materials, such as stretchy plastics, plastic lids and large appliances, will be able to be recycled at ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

As single-use plastic piles up in landfills and pollutes oceans, event spaces are turning to food packaging that can be ...