Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. But what really happens ...

Last summer, in anticipation of the county adopting a universal recycling ordinance, our homeowners association voted to start single-stream recycling for a trial run of six months. We followed all ...

The city of Auburn, Alabama, received notification from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management that its grant request of $350,000 to purchase single-stream recycling carts had been ...

Matanya Horowitz has a pitch that sounds almost too clean. His company, AMP, deploys cameras and robotic arms that can identify and sort about 90% of the material moving through a recycling facility. ...

What is Single Stream Recycling? In 2012, all Housing Department buildings, including all the residence halls, were converted to a Single Stream Recycling collection process. This process means ...

Palo Alto City Council's surprise vote this week to reconsider plans to offer citywide single-stream recycling by July 2005 came despite the program's overwhelming popularity in neighborhood trials.

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...