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Editor’s note: This story is provided by Aspen Journalism, a nonprofit, investigative news organization. For more,visit aspenjournalism.org. As a shy and bearded young architecture student at the ...

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment.

A new universal symbol for reuse aims to encourage the switch from single-use to reusable packaging and the development of a ...

A new California law will ban companies from using the symbol if their products aren't commonly recycled. Here's how you can play your part in reducing plastic waste.

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A survey in the United Kingdom found that recycling-related symbols placed on packaging are understood by most household consumers. When uncertain about which bin to use for a particular piece of ...

Every morning, when state Sen. Ben Allen would grab the newspaper from outside his Santa Monica home, he’d pull off the plastic sleeve bearing the triangular recycling symbol and throw it where he ...

Running out of your favourite blusher or mascara is often met with the thrill of shopping for new make-up, with the empty tube long forgotten. For those who do try to recycle regularly, we see the ...