Generally, you don't need to remove paper labels from metal or aluminum cans before you chuck them in the recycling bin. When ...

President Donald Trump, during his announcement last week of sweeping tariffs on countries around the world, called groceries ...

“But there’s much less awareness that – despite all our best efforts to sort household waste – plastics recycling ... a toxic ...

An international supplier of household products that owns the iconic Pink Stuff cleaning brand is set to be sold by its private equity owner to a US group. Mobeus has signed a definitive agreement for ...

All households will have to separate paper and card from glass, metal and plastic under new recycling rules coming next year.

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Running your dryer for every single load of laundry consumes a lot of electricity, making it one of the highest energy-using appliances in your home. Whenever possible, opt for air-drying clothes on a ...

clean and efficient tool to convert used plastic together with biomass into new products. The scourge of plastic pollution is nothing new. Natural polymers such as rubber and cellulose were widely ...

Kitchen items—sponges, blenders, kettles—are abundant sources of microplastics that we all consume When Amy Lusher moved in ...

As with many Prime Days past, we’ve noticed some of the best deals during the current Amazon sale, the Big Spring Sale, are on the unsexy stuff, like hand soap, trash bags, and paper towels. As ...