Latest recycling Stories
How to make your takeout order less wasteful
Your disposable COVID masks could be reborn as fuel
It is time to make plastic-recycling labels less confusing
Repurpose your old devices to create the ultimate DIY smart home
Does renting your clothes reduce fashion waste?
We need safer ways to recycle electric car and cellphone batteries
Inside the high-powered process that could recycle rare earth metals
This new recycling system could keep COVID PPE out of landfills
What to do with your old cloth masks
What’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of your Christmas tree?
The most eco-friendly wrapping paper is none at all
DARPA’s solution to the military’s plastic trash problem? Eat it.
Humans created an extra 8 million tons of plastic waste during the pandemic
Halloween treats can be a trick for the environment—but there are sustainable swaps
The truth about reusable kitchen essentials
11 percent of food waste comes from our homes
Make natural fabric dye with vegetable scraps
What do the numbers on plastic mean? And 3 other trashy questions, answered.
How to keep food, plastic, and fabric out of the landfill
Your compostable cups and containers aren’t reversing the plastic problem
To shore up packaging recycling, Maine is making businesses foot the bill
Microbes found in cow stomachs could help solve our plastic problem
What actually happens to the clothes you donate depends on where you live
Can zero-waste stores be affordable for everyone?
How to recycle plastic at home
Modern paper use is wildly unsustainable. Here’s what you can do about it.
Where does your paper come from? The good and the bad news.
Host a sustainable affair with these environmentally-friendly tips
Old fish bones could make the eco-friendly plastic we’ve been waiting for
Weird things you didn’t know you could recycle
Will we ever be able to recycle all our plastic?
Thrift shopping is an environmental and ethical trap
A trip down the Ohio River reveals the oil and gas industry’s next big move
Turn an old pallet into a handy—and free—bookshelf
Turn a boring box into a sweet working robotic hand
Your pee could be the golden ticket to a greener world
Products to reduce the amount of garbage in your life
Save money and protect the environment by repurposing your old outdoor gear
It’s not easy being green, but it doesn’t have to be expensive
Where to find cardboard boxes when you’re moving
Banning mini shampoos from hotels won’t really reduce plastic or save the environment
Make cufflinks from upcycled materials and look like a boss
Most stuff that could be recycled isn’t
Never waste bread again
Scientists are making progress with better plastic-eating bacteria
How Austin, Texas, turns its sewage into soil
What kind of reusable bag is best for the planet?
Plastic bags are still bad for the environment, despite misleading reports
This reusable lunch kit is good for the earth and your food budget
Inside the global fight over a 2,500-ton heap of garbage
How to actually recycle
How to recycle shoes, crayons, toothbrushes, and other random stuff
Contact lenses don’t belong in your toilet
You throw out 44 pounds of electronic waste a year. Here’s how to keep it out of the dump.
In photos: A car’s journey from trash heap to brand-new engine
Even the clothes you donate probably end up in a landfill
You could be eating a side of e-waste with your takeout
Eleven easy ways you can help save the planet this Earth Day
Exclusive first look: Daisy is Apple’s new robot that eats iPhones and spits out recyclable parts
Your old computer could be a better source of metals than a mine
Nike’s Flyknit 360 sneakers fit like 3D-printed socks
We suck at recycling straws—so maybe we should ban them
Humans have created 9.1 billion tons of plastic. Here’s how you can help stop the madness.
Where airplanes go to die—and be reborn