Reader question: Why do the trash trucks in Buchanan collect both trash and recyclables? Residents separate recyclables hoping they will not end up in a landfill, but both trash and recyclables are ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

Once a week you likely schlep a big green bin with a yellow top to the end of your driveway. The contents inside – plastics, aluminum, paper – are picked up by a large recycle truck and taken… where?

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COLUMBIA — The Columbia Solid Waste Utility will resume curbside recycling pickup on Monday. For the time being, recycling will be taken to the city's landfill. According to a news release Thursday, ...

Americans are recycling only a fraction of the recyclable materials in their household waste, according to a new report, The report, from recycling nonprofit The Recycling Partnership, found that U.S.

There are a number of startups working to improve trash sorting with robots. AMP Robotics is near the top of the list, coupling a picker and a conveyor belt to sort materials in large, automated ...

IT’S JUST AFTER 5 A.M. IN BALTIMORE, DPW WORKERS ARE ALREADY COLLECTING RECYCLING THROUGHOUT THE CITY. IT’S A SCENE THAT HAS BEEN PLAYING OUT IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER SINCE BALTIMORE BEGAN RECYCLING ...