The Lorain County Solid Waste Management District’s Plastic Bag Recycling Collection Contest successfully diverted hundreds of pounds of plastic grocery bags from landfills, the district reported.

OAKWOOD, Ohio – Beth Biggins-Ramer likens a recycling plant to a cell phone. Give it a year and the technology will be new and improved, said the executive director of the Cuyahoga County Solid Waste ...

ELYRIA, Ohio — Turns out those plastic grocery bags stuffed under kitchen sinks across Lorain County were good for more than just multiplying overnight. They helped local schools win picnic tables and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

Houston-based Waste Management (WM) says it has worked with Cascade Cart Solutions, Grand Rapids, Michigan, to begin producing the company’s curbside carts using bulky rigid plastics collected in ...

The Bagster—provided by WM Bagco LLC, a Waste Management company— is a durable, woven bag that will not tear if punctured and can hold 3 cubic yards of debris and up to 3,300 pounds, including full ...