Before I toss, trash, donate, or recycle almost anything in my home, I try to think of a second use for it. Whether out of ...

Brooklyn Park residents are told to place recycling bins out early for prompt collection and sign up for new organic waste ...

Is your bathroom trash can an eyesore? Discover how to make it blend in as a decoration that adds more interest to your space ...

It’s important to manage and dispose of sharps (needles, lancets, and syringes) safely to prevent injury and disease transmission from needle-sticks. Because of the increased need for safe disposal ...

People are flipping green waste bin lids in Chino to get a look at the contents inside. CalRecycle, the state’s recycling department, sent employees to Chino this week to make ...

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

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

Time to part ways with that $5 half broken piece of plastic you've been using since college and give your bathroom an upgrade ...

Many items people throw in their blue recycling bin can't actually be accepted at the city's recycling facility. So what’s ...

Perhaps because recycling is neither particularly associated with the Renaissance nor with pleasure, contamination of recycling bins at the Renaissance Pleasure Faire got so bad at one point that ...

Over time, bacteria break down the scraps to create compost, a soil additive rich in plant nutrients — plus, you end up creating about 50 percent less trash ... A compost-bin lid should actually ...