Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

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For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

This is one of those small things that bothers people as they walk through the grocery store aisles. There is one cucumber ...

According to the findings of a series of trials funded by U.K.-based Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), it is possible to recycle almost all plastic packaging waste from residents. WRAP’s ...

This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...