Almost one in 10 even admitted they are unclear if glass can be recycled and another one in 10 are confused over what to do with their old cardboard boxes. The study also found two in three Brits are worried about packaging and the types of materials used to package their favourite products, yet 56 […]

When people recycle, part of the necessary effort is to put the paper, plastic and metals in the right bins. But often they don’t, and that leads to contamination fees. Clay Warner, the recycling manager for Garten in Salem, told KOIN 6 News he receives load after load of recyclables around Marion County. But every […]

A woman has testified that the man nominated for a vacant post on the US Supreme Court by Donald Trump carried out a sexual assault 36 years ago that “drastically” affected her life. Christine Blasey Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee that Brett Kavanaugh’s attack on her had left her “afraid and ashamed”. Mr Kavanaugh […]

US President Donald Trump was “ranting and venting on trade” to French President Emmanuel Macron during their bilateral meeting Monday evening, according to a senior diplomatic source. Trump lambasted the European Union for its trade policies, saying it was worse than China — a complaint that the US president made to his French counterpart in an […]

For Capt. Mark Wollmershauser Jr. and the Tulsa Police Department, the late-2000s and early 2010s were an extremely dangerous time. In Oklahoma, a state that is no stranger to the scourge of methamphetamine addiction, those years were the heyday of the “shake and bake” method — a rudimentary way of making meth using just cold […]

US President Donald Trump has urged other members of the UN Security Council to work with America to ensure Iran never acquires a nuclear bomb. He told the council that anyone who failed to comply with US sanctions on Iran would “face severe consequences”. America is re-imposing sanctions after pulling out of a international deal […]

From tampons to tea bags, it seems nothing is safe from plastic and now, there’s new evidence to suggest it’s even in your pint. A study published in the journal Public Library of Science details how scientists detected microplastics in the liquid from 12 American beers. It follows research  in 2014, which found tiny plastic […]

20 million crisp packets are produced everyday in the UK. Crisp packets and their environmental impact have become something of a national issue in recent months, so much so that campaigners have actually started posting used packets to Walkers because they can’t be recycled. The backlash has been so significant that the Royal Mail is now asking […]

Today, we’re diving into an topic which is near and dear to many Ashevillians – Recycling. Here’s a look at how it works locally, what is accepted, where to bring your non-standard items + more. ♻ The basics: Recycling reduces the amount of waste sent to landfills and incinerators (plus, keeping it out of streets, […]

Many supermarket products come in plastic or cardboard packets, and Australians diligently try to recycle them, but figuring out what goes in which bin can be complicated. In an attempt to make the process easier, a new, nationally consistent label has been developed. It was launched today and has already started appearing on some packaging. […]