Q: I seem to remember that you said not to throw glass (windows, glasses, bowls, table tops, etc.) into the recycling bin. Is this correct and, if so, how do we depose of these items? A: You ...

Why can’t we put glass in the recycling at my residence in Frisco? It’s not a problem at my home in Houston. Is there someplace nearby where I can recycle my glass? Having different rules for ...

Many Massachusetts residents put their glass bottles and jars in a recycling bin, along with the junk mail, plastics and aluminum cans, and assume that used glass will become new glass. That ...

It’s a small matter, but a detail dedicated recyclers want to get right. Should you remove the cap of a plastic bottle before recycling it? How about the lid of a metal container? How about the lid of ...

When people think about what happens to their glass containers once they hit the recycling bin, many assume they go back into new glass containers. While manufacturing new food and beverage containers ...

Bottles pass through the hot end of the recycling line at Ohio-based Owens-Illinois — one of the companies that buys cullet from CAP Glass, transforming it into food and beverage containers. When you ...

This story is part of Gambit's "Climate of Change" series on climate change and labor in partnership with the Solutions Journalism Network. From a small greenhouse next to Tulane University’s Uptown ...

Wine bottles are a major source of domestic glass trash, why don’t we recycle them? First, some municipalities do recycle glass, and some wine bottles are made with recycled glass. E.&J. Gallo — the ...

Ripple Glass provides huge collection sites for glass, such as this one just off South Grand. St. Louis Mayor Cara Spencer announced plans to end alley recycling on May 15, just one day before an EF3 ...

A new bill cosponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, could give Washingtonians refunds for glass and plastic, to boost recycling. OLYMPIA — In another effort to boost recycling in Washington, a ...