Kish Rajan, CEO of Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery, calls for recommitting our collective efforts to fulfilling the promise of ...

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...

Investigative journalist John Stossel investigates why recycling plastic is counterproductive. He speaks with science writer John Tierney about why it would be cheaper and more environmentally ...

What motivates you to do more to protect the environment? A survey by the Rechargeable Battery Recycling Corporation (RBRC), a nonprofit, public service organization dedicated to recycling used ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Recycling rules differ from city to city, so it's understandable that so many people get confused about recycling best practices.

Being kind to the environment is great, and there are small changes we can all make to better ourselves in this regard. Some take it to the extreme, whether it's flight-free living, dumpster diving to ...

NEW YORK — If you are a New Yorker and sort your recycling at home, as city law mandates, you probably wonder, as you rinse bottles and stack junk mail and scrub yogurt containers: Does all this ...