If your trash and recycling bins are already overflowing with cardboard boxes, glass bottles and debris from holiday ...

Regardless, there are many grey areas when it comes to what can actually go in the trash. Not only do certain items add to ...

Americans make 294 million tons of trash every year. About half of that goes straight to landfills. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the most common material sent to landfills is food ...

Recycling is being called into question as landfills keep growing. When Chip Britting celebrated the first Earth Day in April 1970, the then-teenager saw recycling as a promising industry and went on ...