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While one of the most convenient snacks, potato chip bags have a complicated recycling strategy. Here's how to handle them and what to look for on the bag.

If your trash and recycling bins are already overflowing with cardboard boxes, glass bottles and debris from holiday celebrations, you're not alone. But instead of sending it all to the landfill, ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency updated its consumer guidance on used household batteries, reinforcing that certain common battery types should never end up in household trash or curbside ...

At the recycling center, powerful magnets will pull out steel. Spinning drums will toss aluminum into bins. Copper wires will get neatly bundled up for resale. But as the conveyor belt keeps rolling, ...