recycling

CNBC got an inside look at former Tesla CTO JB Straubel’s lithium-ion battery recycling start-up.

From shipping to storage, the environmental cost of that Valentine’s Day bouquet of flowers is steeper than you think. Here is everything you need to know to have an eco-friendly Valentine’s Day and show a little love to Planet Earth.

If you’ve got a cell phone then you’ve got the power to help save the planet… albeit in a small way. It may mean what type of phone you buy, how often you buy it, or how you discard it. Here are a few keys to keep in mind that could go a long, long way.

Did you know during Christmas season the average American produces up to 25% more trash?

LX’s Fernando Hurtado takes a closer look at the environmental impact of the ubiquitous red party cups and offers some suggestions for making your next party greener.

Try recycling rather than throwing away Christmas trees after the holidays, for the benefit of the environment, Riverside County officials said Monday.

Once the presents have been opened and the egg nog is empty, you might be looking at a mound of post-holiday trash and asking yourself: Can I recycle this? From the lights on your Christmas tree to the bows on your gifts, we’re breaking down what can be recycled and what is destined for a landfill.

With just a little extra thought about your Christmas tree and all its trimmings, you can reduce your carbon footprint and give a gift to the planet this holiday season. Learn more about why you should buy a real Christmas tree, should not try to recycle your ornaments, and how one carpenter has found a creative way to turn holiday...

Do the planet a solid. Dismiss the primal urge to dump all that trash in a plastic bag and get on with your day. The holiday season is the time to think green.

After opening all your Black Friday orders, you can just gather all that packaging on the floor and take it to the recycling bin, right? Not so fast — it’s not that simple. NBCLX’s Fernando Hurtado talked to a recycling expert about exactly what packaging can get recycled, and what is still destined for the landfill.

Black Friday’s discounts are deep, and so is its impact on the environment. Expedited shipping combined with packaging that’s not as recyclable as you may think and hasty purchasing decisions result in tons of waste and greenhouse gases. Here’s what you can do to help.

At the age of 3 Ryan Hickman visited a recycling center with his dad and it was decided—collecting bags and cans was his life’s purpose. Since then, Ryan has recycled over one million bottles and cans and started a non-profit which raises money for recycling awareness (AKA helping people figure out what piece of trash goes in what bin). “If...

The drinking fountain has a rich, troubling history and it has played an essential role in millions of people’s lives worldwide, providing access to a fundamental human right. But now, as we face a world where COVID-19 remains a danger, will the communal water fountain become a relic of times gone by?

Eric Lundgren has made the problem of electronic waste his life’s work – and even spent a year in jail for that mission. Now he’s turning his focus to the coronavirus crisis by importing and donating PPE as well as mobile emergency power trailers that use repurposed lithium ion batteries from old Teslas.

Only 8.4% of discarded plastic actually goes through the full recycling process to be transformed into other products. The rest ends up in landfills. So how are so many companies still touting their plastic products as recyclable? The New York Times explains.

Many Californians are having a tough time recycling bottles and cans and getting back deposits as hundreds of recycling centers shutter throughout the state — but something else is going on behind the scenes that is making it even worse.  Here’s how it’s supposed to work:  For every can and bottle you recycle, you get back a five or...

As recycling centers shut down across the state, retailers who sell single-use beverages are supposed to take back the empties. But something else is going on. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020. 

A California state senator on Thursday ended his effort to pass a bill requiring beverage distributors to create a new system to take back their own containers, though advocates said they will keep pushing the issue this year. Democratic Sen. Bob Wieckowski of Fremont admitted defeat after his bill fell four votes short of the 21 it needed to clear…

Eleven people have been arrested on suspicion of participating in a recycling fraud operation in Nevada, Arizona and California, including the operator of a Pacoima recycling center, officials said on Monday. The suspects are accused of smuggling out-of-state empty beverage containers into California to defraud the state’s Beverage Container Recycling Fund out of more than $2 million, according to Ken…