It’s easy to get confused about what can and can’t be recycled. The No. 1 rule is to follow your local guidelines. Print them ...

While clear bags are permitted in the compost bin, regular white kitchen garbage bags and black plastic contractor bags cannot be used, Sanitation said. Items that must be composted include yard waste ...

Thank you for carefully rinsing, sorting, and recycling your plastic containers — but plastic is trash and trying to ... For now, avoid putting plastic bags and food wrappers, plastic mailing ...

A pile of about 300 tons of inbound single stream recyclable trash is delivered ... bottles and milk jugs can be recycled; but flimsier items like plastic bags, straws and packaging typically ...

Plastic trash is a problem ... In the UK, Gomi makes power banks and speakers using recycled plastic bags, and Nairobi-based initiative, Gjenge turns used LDPE and sand into paving bricks.

H’ers learn to be more aware of the waste they generate and ways to reduce their impact on the planet and encourage others to do the same.

Here’s an easy-to-use guide to recycling in the Sacramento area: Around the world, the triangle-shaped symbol found on recyclable items is called the “chasing arrows,” and includes corresponding ...