As you walk around downtown St. Paul, you might notice recent updates to a sidewalk staple. The trash cans have gone solar.

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If you want to recycle an old electric toothbrush or pair of headphones with a lithium battery embedded inside, it can be hard to find a place to do it—and many existing battery collection boxes are ...

There is now hope and relief for Windsor-Essex residents feeling the blues over their huge new recycling bins. Toronto-based Circular Materials, tasked by the province with overseeing Ontario’s new ...

Starting in January, the City of Ottawa will no longer be responsible for collecting blue and black recycling bins as the Ontario government shifts responsibility for the collection, processing and ...

People often don’t know what to do with unwanted fabric items like clothing, bedding and shoes. By Joyce Cohen As part of a little-known Department of Sanitation program, New York City buildings with ...

Student donations in Bath raise £1m, Swindon thanks residents for £3m recycling savings, Swansea extends soft plastics trial ...

A group of nonprofit municipal recycling facilities are urging states to keep flexible plastics and films out of curbside recycling programs, as those states start to implement packaging EPR laws. An ...

Omaha's new recycling drop-off location is officially open. The site, located near 72nd and Farnam, accepts all recyclables. Glass must be sorted into the purple containers, while all other materials ...

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