There are two types of cardboard—corrugated and paperboard—and they can both be recycled. Corrugated cardboard is made of multiple layers to create a durable and strong packing material. Paperboard is ...

So now you know: Throwing all your recycling into a single bin ain’t all it’s cracked up to be. Single-stream recycling may be more convenient, but, as we reported last week, it’s also to blame for a ...

You may have read that there’s a recycling crisis in the U.S. After years of accepting our used plastic and cardboard, China now won’t take it, which often means there is no place for it to go. Some ...

We’ve all been there. You just threw a big house party, or spent the night in with the family and polished off the last few delicious slices of your favorite pie. Now you’re wondering, what am I going ...

Now that presents have been passed out, dinner eaten and time with family and friends spent, Christmas is officially over. But what are you going to do with all those cardboard boxes that came in from ...

David Watling, Yellowknife’s waste management planner, in front of the giant shredder, the Rotochopper MP2, at Yellowknife's Solid Waste Facility on Friday. (Submitted by David Watling - image credit) ...

"The mountains of things we throw away are much greater than the things we use." So wrote John Steinbeck in his 1962 novel, Travels With Charley. And for America, at least, it holds too true: In the ...

Nick and Nancy are spearheading a campaign to increase paper recycling in their town to 100 percent. If X people recycle Y tons of paper per month, and total paper demand in town is Z tons, then — ...