CHICAGO -- Studies show that the overall recycling rate for all plastics is under 10 percent, and that number is likely much lower for plastic bags since they can't be put in into recycling bins at ...

DENVER (KDVR) — According to the City and County of Denver, the average household in the Mile High City produces about 1.2 tons of waste each year. However, the city is hoping to help change how ...

For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...