How do bottle and can recycling centers make money if they’re paying you for the materials you drop off? Recycling centers are the rare operation where you, the consumer, end up making money. But ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

HOUSTON — A viewer recently reached out to our VERIFY team to ask how much of our recycling actually ends up getting recycled, so KHOU 11's Grace White worked to find out. Republic Services, which ...

ST. LOUIS — Recycling hasn't had the best track record in the St. Louis area recently. In late 2021, St. Louis City officials told 5 On Your Side that they were no longer picking up trash and ...

Want to make some extra money from your trash? Yes, you can do that! Recycling centers and scrap yards all over the country (and beyond) will pay you for discarded aluminum cans. Here’s everything you ...