A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking an important California law from going into effect. SB 343 aimed to ...

When did lending a hand to Mother Earth become Hieroglyphics 101? Even the Environmental Protection Agency acknowledges that recycling symbols are confusing—and worse, lead many people to believe that ...

Even if you have the best intentions around plastic consumption, the recycling part of "reduce, reuse, recycle" isn't always straightforward. Rules for curbside recycling are different across states ...

A survey in the United Kingdom found that recycling-related symbols placed on packaging are understood by most household consumers. When uncertain about which bin to use for a particular piece of ...

Recycling symbols on plastics, known as Resin Identification Codes, were designed for industrial sorting, not as consumer recycling guides. Experts warn that most plastics marked with these symbols ...

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This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment.

Walk into the grocery store and check the back of a container of food. Chances are, you’ll see a small box with instructions on how to dispose of the packaging when you’re finished with it: “empty & ...

There's a new symbol designed to identify products that can be part of larger reuse systems. It debuted on June 3 by way of PR3: The Global Alliance to Advance Reuse, a standard-setting body founded ...

Waste is a major problem in almost every country around the world, accounting for 3 per cent of yearly greenhouse emissions in the EU alone. Large landfill sites, often sited in developing countries, ...