Plastic is the most common material you’ll ... There are varying mechanisms that control how a trash bin opens and closes: step-pedal, motion sensor, touch-top, pull-out, or flip-top.

Almost all plastics end up in landfills, but billions of dollars and tons of waste could be saved with a new recycling technique created by LSU researchers.

Recycle right, take our interactive quiz, try out the Hefty ReNew bags, compost in Armstrong Student Center, and more ...

Companies’ use of the word recycling to describe linear processes “does real harm,” Budris added. It “gives consumers a false ...

More plastic is headed to New York City streets to help it reduce its rat problems. The city recently began requiring bins ...

Rodents have apparently gnawed clear through the dense plastic of the Big Apple ‘s supposedly “rat proof” new trash bins — but the city said the results show the containers are largely keeping the ...