Keurig, maker of K-Cup single-use coffee pods, was recently fined for claiming the pods were recyclable. Dixie D. Vereen/For The Washington Post, via Getty Images Different U.S. states have different ...

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The world is drowning in plastic. Producers are peddling a “solution” that is more like an illusion. Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag? But the plastics industry is working to ...

It's the day after Christmas and all through the house, there are piles of paper maybe as tall as your spouse. Packages and bows, there are plenty of those, but what can you do with all you accrue? If ...

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 ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

Most people are aware that plastic waste is a problem. Almost all types of plastics that we use in our everyday lives are ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...