If you’re used to recycling, you know that there are many rules for what goes in the recycling bin depending on where you live. They’re ever-changing, which can lead to confusion. (We can only imagine ...

GREENSBORO, N.C.-- If you're serious about recycling or new to the game, you may have asked a coworker or neighbor this question---should you recycle plastic bottles with the cap on or off? Here is ...

It’s a small matter, but a detail dedicated recyclers want to get right. Should you remove the cap of a plastic bottle before recycling it? How about the lid of a metal container? How about the lid of ...

Editor's note: A version of this story aired in December 2019. We get it: Recycling can be confusing. Do you keep the bottle caps on plastic water bottles or take them off? Should you break down ...

“Little plastics” have been in the news a lot lately, things like straws, pens, and coffee pods, which are evading our recycling systems and causing problems just because of their size. One of the ...

In Stamford, Connecticut, nonprofit organization SoundWaters has empowered students to lead the charge against plastic pollution by recycling bottle caps. Started in 2019 by SoundWaters, the One ...

Did you know that plastic caps are one of the most frequently found forms of trash on beaches and in our oceans? Caps harm our marine life and ruin their habitats. Unwanted caps pollute our oceans and ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Every school year, the ...

This is a recycling story with literally countless twists and turns. According to researchers at Florida Institute of Technology, putting many thousands of self-contained, bagged bottle caps in select ...

A bench made from plastic bottle caps was dedicated at Peters Township Library on Thursday. The Giant Oaks Garden Club, which collected plastic non-biodegradable caps, “adopted” the bench from Clean ...

Every year, around 87 billion plastic bottle caps are made in the U.S. alone– and most end up in the trash. A company in Brazil hopes to help change that with this line of caps that you might actually ...