Phew, that glass bottle you just put in the recycling bin is actually going to escape the landfill. After the local glass recycling network was disrupted last year, Seattle Public Utilities announced ...

Ridwell CEO Ryan Metzger discusses his company's recycling efforts during a community meetup in Sebastopol, Calif., one of dozens of gatherings he hosted ...

...Um, also don't put them in the garbage. Return them to a store. Consider this your New Year's resolution. Starting January 1, plastic bags and wrap will no longer be accepted in curbside recycling ...

In Seattle, the move would only nudge the city's annual recycling rate up by less than one percent. But the city has already tackled some of the biggest recycling issues, so this would help the city ...

“What are the biggest recycling mistakes people make in Seattle? (And tend to argue about at home?)” That’s a common question we get as part of our KUOW Wonders series, which we re-launched this week.

Garbage and recycling pickup resumes in Seattle after last week’s snowstorm. Seattle Public Utilities says customers may double their normal amount of garbage, recycling, and compost on their ...

While attending a recent barbecue and jazz concert at Interbay Golf Center in Seattle, Janet Wainwright was stunned to discover that there was no way to recycle empty cans and bottles: All the trash ...

The City of Seattle has launched a new recycling program with the goal of increasing recycling in apartment buildings. As part of Mayor Greg Nickels’ plan to reverse a decline in Seattle’s recycling ...

You dutifully toss your soda cans and last week’s newspaper in the bin and wheel it out to the curb every other week. But are you recycling right? Seattle has some of the highest recycling rates in ...

This time next year, city leaders say, Seattle residents will be able to toss meat and dairy scraps into yard-waste containers and quit separating recyclable materials under new solid-waste contracts.

Seattle, the city that set the standard nationwide on garbage recycling, might be on the verge of admitting it can't meet its recycling goals. The city's 1998 solid-waste plan called for recycling 60 ...