Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. Paper is the most prevalent material in municipal solid waste (MSW) — more commonly known as trash or garbage — and as a result, paper recycling can help us reduce the amount of MSW. In 2008, paper and paperboard [...]

Metals are perhaps the most energy-efficient materials we can reuse over and over again. Recycling aluminum saves 95% of the energy used to make the material from scratch. Recycling steel and tin cans saves 74% of the energy used to produce them. Recycling one aluminum can save enough energy to run a 100-watt bulb for [...]

Recycling is not just an activity for large corporations — recycling can start in your own home. Making sure that you don’t throw away recyclable products, such as newspapers, sales circulars, cans and plastic shopping bags you can help increase the amount of materials diverted from our waste stream. Recycling saves energy by reusing resources [...]

The glass containing your soda today might be the glass holding your spaghetti sauce tomorrow. That’s because glass, especially glass food and beverage containers, can be recycled over and over again. In fact, 90% of recycled glass is used to make new containers. Other uses for recycled glass include kitchen tiles, countertops and wall insulation. [...]

The vehicle that you are driving today will be a source of numerous recyclable materials tomorrow. Vehicle parts offer recycling opportunities for materials such as steel, aluminum, plastics, antifreeze and batteries, as well as whole parts such as tires, seats, engines and alternators. Each year, nearly all of the 27 million cars around the world [...]

Holiday feasts can be wasteful, resource-heavy events. But there are many ways to reduce your meal’s impact.

Rob Pettit creates recycled art that truly delivers a message, turning thousands of mobile phones, which were yesterday’s trash, into visually inspiring sculptures.

Both options have pros and cons when it comes to reducing your environmental impact.

Can a commercial sanitaryware exhibition highlight the issues of recycling, water waste and misguided female beauty standards? In China it can.

Sure, paper is used whenever you send a greeting card, but what is the cost of an e-card?

You can lessen your gift-giving footprint by giving an experience as a present.