The city has been without a permanent recycling facility since April when a tornado destroyed the previous building.

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

Plastics are everywhere, shaping industries with their durability, low cost, and lightweight properties. Over the last seven ...

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

Do you want to recycle more but are afraid of getting it wrong? You're not alone. According to the 2024 WM Recycling Report, ...

AIMPLAS, the Plastics Technology Centre, will host the third edition of PLASREC, its International Plastic Recycling Seminar, ...

Rumpke Waste & Recycling and the Hefty ReNew program have announced the expansion of the Hefty ReNew program to the region. Hefty ReNew is a hard-to-recycle plastics recovery program for residents and ...

An economic analysis reveals that redirecting just half of America's plastic waste from landfills to recycling facilities could create more than 173,000 jobs and generate nearly $49 billion in annual ...

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been known to rescue recyclables from the trash — at my house, for sure, but ...