recycling

Danish toymaker Lego has halted its initiative to create its iconic bricks from recycled plastic bottles, citing the failure of the prototype to reduce carbon emissions.

An investigation by Reuters found that multiple shoes donated to a recycling program later ended up in Indonesia, some having been put up for sale in bazaars, seemingly contradicting the program’s stated purpose.

A 21-year-old Tennessee entrepreneur with autism is running a thriving cardboard recycling business with the help of his family.

A Chinese Olympian who won gold at the Tokyo Summer Games this month has jumped to social media to ask if other medals starting to fall apart.

Hey, don’t litter, be kind to animals, but other than that, there’s nothing wrong with eating some cheeseburgers in front of your 80-inch plasma TV while enjoying that 70 degree air conditioning and  drinking  a strawberry YooHoo out of a plastic bottle with a plastic straw.

An unusual new study from Penn State suggests that straight men avoid recycling due to fear that they may have their heterosexuality questioned by their peers.

An Oregon man who accidentally recycled a shoebox containing $23,000 of his life savings was reunited with his cash on Saturday after a worker at a recycling plant in Northern California found the box.

Actor Jason Momoa, known for his characteristic beard, made an environmental statement, shaving his face to promote switching to drinking water out of “infinitely recyclable aluminum.”

Hundreds of U.S. towns and cities have scrapped their recycling programs because the costs to maintain them have skyrocketed.

New desalination and water recycling technology, combined with wise management and political cooperation, hold out new hope for California’s water.

California’s Bay Area is facing a recycling crisis, as China ramps up requirements for recycled materials.

Recycling is a waste of time and money which probably does more harm to the environment than good.

California trash separated for recycling is increasingly being sent to landfills after China slashed its demand for importing American waste, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Green recycling policy is killing the oceans with plastic pollution, says a shock report by a Finnish public health expert.

KIBBUTZ ZEELIM, Israel — Hawks, vultures and storks circle overhead as Christopher Sveen points at the heap of refuse rotting in the desert heat. “This is the mine of the future,” he beams.

In his message for the “World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation” Thursday, Pope Francis said that human-induced global warming, as well as a loss of biodiversity are “sins” against God, which must be atoned for by planting trees, avoiding the use of plastic and paper, and “separating refuse.”

San Francisco’s Pier 96 is attracting worldwide attention to its recycling plant, Recology, which is one of the world’s most advanced.

Researchers find that some buyers pay for environmentally friendly products because those products act as “status symbols.”

For years, water, or, more accurately, its scarcity, has been predicted to be the next doomsday scenario.

California will suffer severe shortages, with or without a warmer planet. We need to act soon. Water policy may not generate flashy headlines, and politicians who lay the foundations for reform may not be in office ten or twenty years from now, when credit is handed out. But it can be done. Israel has shown us how.

It should matter a great deal if their preferred policies are effective, and while we argue about the possibilities of a subject such as climate change, the effectiveness of programs which have been in place for many years should be analyzed dispassionately.

On Saturday, in spite of a crushing California drought, the Waterworld water park in Concord opened for its 20th season, fending off criticism of its water use by citing a new machine called The Defender, which is a regenerative media filter. The Defender will recycle the pool water in the park so that the park will use no more than the one million gallons with which it starts the season, officials claim.

Obama’s National Security Agency isn’t just for spying anymore—with the introduction of its new cartoon character aimed at urging kids to recycle, the spy agency has now joined the green movement.