What’s in a color? More than you might think. Color isn’t just something we choose because it’s pretty or bright and attention getting. T...

Much of the paper produced in the paper industry is recyclable, but wallpaper is not one of them. Most wallpaper contains heavy amounts of d...

The outside of padded envelopes, or padded mailers, “can be made of heavy paper, paperboard or corrugated fiberboard.”  These are recyclab...

If certain plastics aren’t recyclable, why do they have a triangle on the bottom with a number in it? A commonly asked question, for sure....

Frozen food containers vary from pizza boxes, where the food is actually contained in a plastic bag or wrapping, to ones that you throw righ...

Many of us take our trash and recycling out the night before it will be picked up to ensure that   But if it’s raining...

“Paper and paperboard have always had high recycling rates for bulk newsprint, office paper, and old cardboard.   Metal, howeve...