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When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

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A new report from Greenpeace finds that as little as 5 percent of plastics are recycled, illustrating just how much room for progress there is in the nation’s recycling efforts. Here’s a quick guide ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Yes, there really is a nice list and a naughty list. The good news is, you can go from the naughty list to the nice list simply by knowing what NOT to put in your recycling bin.