RECYCLING

Recycling gets confusing sometimes, especially when it comes to certain items. Discover which recycling rules you may (or may not) be breaking here, plus the best practices to follow instead.

You may already know not to pour cooking oil down the sink, but properly disposing of it in the trash presents its own challenges.

If you resolved to organize your kitchen in 2025, this contest is pretty good motivation.

Those orange bottles are no accident—they were specifically designed to keep both medications and people safe.

Who wants to buy a round of wastewater brews for the gang?

Technically, they really don't.

Civil engineer Siswanti Zuraida built a concrete structure using diapers that would otherwise sit in a landfill for decades, making for a literal brick sh-t house.

Many of us were taught to crush plastic bottles and leave the cap off. As it turns out, that isn't such an eco-friendly approach.

A new study found that octopuses are repurposing marine litter to create protective shelters for themselves.

People usually want plenty of distance between themselves and their poop, but some engineers argue that all that waste is going to waste.

Corrugated cardboard pizza boxes are made from recyclable material ... but that doesn't mean they can always be recycled. In other words: It's complicated.

Colorado-based Smartwool is trying to cut down on textile waste by accepting busted socks and recycling them into dog beds.