Recycling

Recycling

Learn how to recycle everything, from aluminum and newspapers to less obvious household items.

  • Precycling stops waste before it starts

    Sat, Jul 11, 2009 5:29 AM by Marsha Walton

    With smart shopping and a little creativity, it's easy to trim your waste size.

  • Can I recycle plastic bottle caps? How about motor oil?

    Mon, Jul 06, 2009 11:23 AM by Vanessa Vadim

    And why are some recycling programs not accepting glass? Vanessa answers your questions.

  • San Francisco reporter tracks the life cycle of his trash

    Fri, Jun 12, 2009 3:04 PM

    Mother Jones reporter gets a guided tour of Bay Area trash, recycling and composting facilities.

  • San Fran gets tough(er) on trash

    Thu, Jun 11, 2009 12:19 AM by Matt Hickman

    Lawmakers in San Francisco make existing recycling laws even stricter. Should compost-shy residents start to fear garbage cops?

  • Big recycling oops: Products tainted with radioactive materials

    Wed, Jun 10, 2009 2:25 PM

    Thousands of consumer products made from recycled materials confirmed radioactive.

  • Saving your butt

    Fri, Jun 05, 2009 9:09 AM by Matt Hickman

    Struggling to kick the cig habit and concerned about all the toxic waste you're generating? Read on...

  • Toronto's guerilla gardener

    Tue, Jun 02, 2009 4:13 PM by Matt Hickman

    Street artist Posterboy breathes new, green life into abandoned newspaper boxes on the streets of Toronto.

  • Light bulbs

    A CFL and a recycling kit walk into a bar ...

    Tue, Jun 02, 2009 7:41 AM by Matt Hickman

    With so much ado over the mercury found in CFLs, the WM LampTracker program makes disposing of them safely a piece o' cake.

  • Turning trash into cash

    Mon, Jun 01, 2009 5:45 AM by Lori Johnston

    How would you like to get paid to recycle? An innovative company is boosting your bottom line by offering cool perks. Welcome to the world of RecycleBank.

  • UFO attack

    Fri, May 29, 2009 8:47 AM by Matt Hickman

    After you've eaten off of it, throw a UFO (Unidentified Feeding Object) against a tree and nature will take care of the clean up.

  • Life in the Green Zone

    Thu, May 28, 2009 9:39 PM by PlentyMag.com

    He’s that friend who always remembers to bring the canvas bag and does a shift at his local co-op ... but he doesn't recycle?

  • She makes art from trash

    Thu, May 28, 2009 3:51 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Artist Aurora Robson could be considered a “recycling Rauschenberg.”

  • One man's trash ...

    Thu, May 28, 2009 3:04 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Two men hope unusual sailing vessel calls attention to debris in the ocean.

  • The perfect pizza box

    Wed, May 27, 2009 9:47 PM by Matt Hickman

    A new invention, Green Box, makes enjoying delivery pizza at home a lot less cumbersome and a lot less wasteful.

  • A primer on extreme recycling

    Fri, May 22, 2009 3:01 PM by PlentyMag.com

    Boulder-based Eco-Cycle encourages zero-waste--keeping stuff out of landfills by reducing, reusing and recycling.

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