"Reduce, reuse, recycle." For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world's go-to environmental mantra. On the face of it, the three Rs sound like an empowering call for each of us to play ...

The seven recycling symbols on plastic packaging reveal more than you might think, but not all are recycled the same way in ...

A municipal waste worker turns away another shipment of recycled materials littered with greasy pizza boxes and broken glass, sentencing this waste to slow death in a landfill without a second thought ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle — it’s an exhortation that’s become universal. For decades, the phrase has been used on posters and public service announcements, encouraging well-meaning citizens to cut down ...

Reduce, reuse and recycle have been ingrained into our heads since we were kids. One of my favorite CDs as a kid was Jack Johnson’s Curious George, which featured this song and is probably the first ...

We’ve all heard it. And sometimes, the tips we need to be more sustainable are right in front of us, said Jeremy Walters, the sustainability expert at Republic Services of Southern Nevada. The ...

There are many causes of climate change. One example is cutting down trees. This is a problem that some people don’t know about. Carbon dioxide is released from the trunk when it breaks down or gets ...

Designing products to be treated through sustainable, efficient, and low-carbon operations in the effort to limit plastic pollution and increase recyclability is now a priority in the European Union ...

Dating back to World War II, recycling represented the strength, innovation and stability of American democracy. It was a time when households, still recovering from the great depression, relied on ...

A fourth "R" is being added to "reduce, reuse and recycle": Recirculation. Instead of recycling old products, a non-profit in North Carolina is recirculating used to-go food containers and bottles.

Every 24 hours, 150 species are lost and by 2050, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean. With the threat of global warming and climate change looming large, Earth Day on April 22 ...

"Reduce, reuse, recycle." For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world's go-to environmental mantra. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. On the face of it, ...