Christopher de Vinck has an idea about recycling while eating ice cream: I bought a product, the product was packaged, and I ate not only the product but I ate the package as well: the cone. No waste.

Your computer keyboard just like other things you own won't be usable anymore in the future. It's either its electronic component went haywire or it's just too outdated for your needs. You might think ...

The fashion industry has a very well-known waste problem. Almost all (roughly 97%) of clothing eventually ends up in a landfill, according to McKinsey, and it doesn't take very long for the lifecycle ...

I read about some new recycling grant projects in a recent article. What exactly will these recycling projects do for our community? Is it too late to apply for a grant for my own recycling idea? The ...

Readers had some good ideas about saving landfill space by recycling and reusing household bags. Like many people of past generations, they were taught to recycle before there was a word for it. One ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Recycling do’s and don’ts, clarified at library talk. Credit: Nora Grace-Flood file photo ...

Municipal solid waste tossed out by Americans totaled more than 2.7 million tons in 2008, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. That equates to 1.6 percent of the entire amount of MSW that ...

Found in everything from wind turbines and electric cars to MRI machines and mobile phones, rare earth magnets are an essential part of the technology we depend on. That, plus their value, means there ...