Latest Recycling News

Cutting food waste would lower emissions, but so far only one state has done it

Sep. 30, 2024 12:43 PM EDT

Kay Masterson has always wanted to make her Boston-area restaurant more sustainable, partnering with an organic farm to get some vegetables close by and offering reusable containers for customers' takeout. When Massachusetts was weighing whether to block restaurants from dumping food waste into...

California sues ExxonMobil and says it lied about plastics recycling

Sep. 23, 2024 16:17 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California sued ExxonMobil Monday, alleging the oil giant deceived the public for half a century by promising that the plastics it produced would be recycled. Attorney General Rob Bonta's office said that less than 5% of plastic is recycled into another plastic...

California governor signs law banning all plastic shopping bags at grocery stores

Sep. 22, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — “Paper or plastic” will no longer be a choice at grocery store checkout lines in California under a new law signed Sunday by Gov. Gavin Newsom that bans all plastic shopping bags. California had already banned thin plastic shopping bags at...