Artificial intelligence and automation are impacting some jobs that humans don't always want to do. Robots are being used to sort through waste at recycling centers to combat worker shortages. In some ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One ton of recycled aluminum cans saves enough energy to power a laptop for more than 77 years. One ton of recycled copy paper ...

Laminate pulled from a solar panel before recycling. Image: Solarcycle. As solar power projects mature, panels increasingly lose efficiency. What do operators do with solar panels once they have ...

Stop Crushing Your Aluminum Cans. Debunking the Myths of Recycling Metal ...

Says Hemmer, “We make living in cities and communities possible. The work that we do every day is to pick up your materials at your curb or at the back of your store or industrial property—and as a ...

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 ...

The Plastic Reduction Alliance played a game of “Is it recyclable?” Wednesday night. “For the longest time, I thought any plastics I take into my home, I just take to the plastics recycling facility ...

Glass bottles are heavy and must travel to Atlanta to be recycled from Kentucky, but reusing them can reduce the effect on the environment. Bigstock Have you ever wondered what happens to the plastic ...

Kish Rajan, CEO of Mt. Diablo Resource Recovery, calls for recommitting our collective efforts to fulfilling the promise of ...