If you’re used to recycling, you know that there are many rules for what goes in the recycling bin depending on where you live. They’re ever-changing, which can lead to confusion. (We can only imagine ...

GREENSBORO, N.C.-- If you're serious about recycling or new to the game, you may have asked a coworker or neighbor this question---should you recycle plastic bottles with the cap on or off? Here is ...

It’s a small matter, but a detail dedicated recyclers want to get right. Should you remove the cap of a plastic bottle before recycling it? How about the lid of a metal container? How about the lid of ...

Editor's note: A version of this story aired in December 2019. We get it: Recycling can be confusing. Do you keep the bottle caps on plastic water bottles or take them off? Should you break down ...

Local journalism matters more now than ever, and its future is in your hands. Become a member of Palo Alto Online today at a discounted price. “Little plastics” have been in the news a lot lately, ...

In Stamford, Connecticut, nonprofit organization SoundWaters has empowered students to lead the charge against plastic pollution by recycling bottle caps. Started in 2019 by SoundWaters, the One ...

Knowing your symbols makes it easier to reuse and recycle. Groups 1, 2, and 5 are easy to recycle curbside, but groups 4, 6, ...

A bench made from plastic bottle caps was dedicated at Peters Township Library on Thursday. The Giant Oaks Garden Club, which collected plastic non-biodegradable caps, “adopted” the bench from Clean ...

This is a recycling story with literally countless twists and turns. According to researchers at Florida Institute of Technology, putting many thousands of self-contained, bagged bottle caps in select ...

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