Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When the cans are recycled, the heat applied to the metal burns away the paper ...

The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

You've eaten your takeout burrito and have a ball of sour cream-specked aluminum foil left over. Does it go in the blue bin or the trash? reading time 5 minutes Aluminum cans are the quintessential ...

Aluminum Dynamics is working with the community to give back to local schools and teach children about recycling. In ...

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, almost 94 tons of municipal solid waste were recycled and composed in 2018 – about 32%. But there's also the looming issue of contamination, rendering ...

Want to make some extra money from your trash? Yes, you can do that! Recycling centers and scrap yards all over the country (and beyond) will pay you for discarded aluminum cans. Here’s everything you ...

The U.S. Conference of Mayors, Novelis Inc., and Keep America Beautiful, Inc., are sponsoring the fourth annual "Cans for Cash - City Recycling Challenge," a national contest that rewards cities for ...

The International Aluminium Institue compared recycling rates and can-to-can recycling performance in a new report.

Recycling is a local enterprise, which means every system isn’t able to process all the same materials. Some take glass; some ...

CASSOPOLIS, Mich.—The way around President Trump’s 50% tariff on imported aluminum might be sitting in your garbage. But Americans will have to do a lot more recycling, metals executives and analysts ...