Think twice before throwing that in the bin ...

Goodwill isn’t a landfill. These 11 items—recalled baby gear, used mattresses, opened cosmetics, hazardous materials, expired ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

NEW waste rules are set to kick in at the end of March, and households could risk hefty fines if they are ignored. The ...

Happy February! My New Year’s resolution is to try to help us all recycle more in 2024! I wanted to focus this month on items that can be recycled that you may not know about. Paper envelopes with ...

Every now and then, I check in with our recycling hauler to uncover the rogue items sneaking into recycling carts or drop-off spots, where they absolutely do not belong. The top five offenders ...

Earth Day is coming up on April 22, and as you probably learned in elementary school, one way to care for the Earth is to "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle." However, recycling isn't always simple. There are ...

Sometimes, an item just feels like it should be thrown in the recycling bin. But you may not be guessing right. And that can cause big problems for local recycling programs. If an item is not on the ...

You dutifully toss your soda cans and last week’s newspaper in the bin and wheel it out to the curb every other week. But are you recycling right? Seattle has some of the highest recycling rates in ...