Companies’ use of the word recycling to describe linear processes “does real harm,” Budris added. It “gives consumers a false ...

The company, which also topped expectations for second-quarter net sales, said it would wind down its joint venture with consumer-packaged goods giant Proctor & Gamble for the Glad trash bags line by ...

With 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian-made products set to be imposed by the U.S., many in Canada are planning to buy local to avoid providing profit to American companies.

The volume of trash hauled out of this city during the Yuletide season went down by 50 metric tons in December last year, following the city’s adoption of a “circular economy,” ...

The process of making garbage bags involves precision and efficiency, from raw material preparation to final packaging.

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

What's allowed in the garbage will change later this year, as Ontario's provincially mandated organic waste diversion program begins this fall in Windsor-Essex.Collection starts the week of Oct. 21 in ...

The United States Department of Agriculture says dog-waste compost can be used as a soil additive for things like lawns, ...

A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

The success of recycling plastic is abysmal — the U.S. rate is roughly 7% — but in theory it can be done. So, I was delighted when I learned that Tucson, Ariz., where I live, was starting a pilot ...