Small and large takeout containers can be reused or pantry organization. Martha Stewart suggests this idea, which is ...

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

While some takeout containers and boxes are recyclable, some aren't and adding the latter to your blue bin makes an already ...

Two of your letters in a recent column addressed recycling plastic. Please consider reusing it as well. Small cup-sized ...

I like to check in with the recycling collection crew periodically to gather ideas for my recycling column. They are the boots on the ground and continue to provide suggestions and tips that I can ...

Steel and aluminum cans are recyclable, but other metal items are not. Pots, pans, baking sheets, silverware, and bicycle or ...

A typical takeout scenario: You buy a meal to go, eat every bite, rinse the container and toss it in the recycling bin, just like you’ve done many times before. Wait. Don’t do that, not if the takeout ...

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Summer means getting gardens in shape and buying plants to add color or greenery to the yard. But it also means being left with all those plastic containers that the plants come in, which typically ...