Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

At each one of these events, I encourage you to consider bringing your own reusable water bottle ... the clear plastic containers or yogurt containers that cannot be recycled in our recycling ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...