The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. As you are cleaning up the detritus of your holiday celebrations, there’s an important stat you should keep ...

“Reduce, reuse, recycle” is just the minimum for Amy Garside, who is taking the phrase to a whole new level with a zero waste lifestyle. After going 31 days producing minimal waste, the SUNY Cortland ...

Still swimming in cardboard boxes, block foam, bubble wrap and colored lights — not to mention that bizarrely off-the-mark present from you-know-who? Recycling and donating used stuff has grown both ...

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) — Reduce, reuse, recycle. We all know the saying, but are you recycling the right way? For those working at the Material Recovery Facility in North Charleston, people not ...

Today marks America Recycles Day, dedicated to promoting recycling and waste reduction across the country. Yet, as we celebrate, it’s worth asking: How effective is recycling, really? Despite decades ...

With each purchase at Ren Market, owner Kendra Dean hopes to eliminate a little more plastic. The low-waste shop in the Lincoln Park Craft District makes it easier for people to be earth-friendly. But ...

A fourth "R" is being added to "reduce, reuse and recycle": Recirculation. Instead of recycling old products, a non-profit in North Carolina is recirculating used to-go food containers and bottles.

Recycling is easy, what about composting? In Newmarket where I’m writing from, we pay low prices for a household recycling bin to be collected weekly, ultimately giving an incentive to utilize this ...