Today, when you recycle a plastic container, it goes to a material recovery facility, where it must be identified and sorted. Facilities typically rely on imprecise older technology to try to figure ...

COMMENTARY-- Don't get me wrong--I'm as big a fan of object-oriented programming as any other technology pundit. I think it's great, the way it lets you write a chunk of code and then reuse it ...

In a 2019 survey conducted by the Consumer Brands Association on what they labeled the “broken recycling system in America,” 68 percent of respondents said that they assumed any product with symbols ...

I am an avid recycler, since my city recycles glass, paper, cardboard and plastic. Only plastic containers with a recycle code of "1" through "5" or "7" are accepted. My pet peeve is that some of the ...

Every time an office building or an old home is demolished, all of the broken-down materials have to go somewhere. The US Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 230 million to 530 million tons ...

Case Western Reserve University has rolled out updates to its recycling program, making it easier for the campus community to reduce waste. A new QR code system on landfill bin signs allows users to ...