All of that leftover metal, wood, fabric, and tile can find a new home—if you know where to look. If you’re doing your own renovations or just working on some projects around the house, you'll find ...

Keep little pieces of scrap metal, such as nails and screws, organized until your next recycling trip with this handy tip. As a longtime recycler, I’m accustomed to saving food cans, bottles, paper ...

Larry West is an award-winning environmental journalist and writer. He won the Edward J. Meeman Award for Environmental Reporting. The United States recycles 150 million metric tons of scrap materials ...

Ferrous metals are pure iron or an alloy that contains iron. The word ‘ferrous’ was derived from the Latin word ‘ferrum’ meaning iron. The most common ferrous metal alloy is steel. Ferrous metals have ...