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Reduce, reuse, recycle. So many of us heard those three words repeatedly when growing up. And yet, despite the simple phrase, recycling in the U.S. is anything but. In fact, the complexities of U.S.

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Carla Young, a Curious Texas reader, asked: "What's the proper way to recycle different everyday items? Do I need to tear the ...

San Francisco's trash tonnage increases by about 15 to 17 percent around the holidays. This year a lot of that extra waste will show up in blue recycling bins as small- and medium-size cardboard boxes ...

When you are ready to be rid of your real Christmas tree, you can give it a second life. Recycling programs turn trees into mulch to be used in public parks and trails. Wake County has several ...

Environmentally-conscious area residents can ring in the new year with new ways to recycle. Grease-stained pizza boxes and plastic bottle caps, which we previously were unable to recycle, can now be ...