CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

Hey, Answer Man: I haven't been able to find something out and knowing your vast knowledge on a myriad of subjects, I'm writing to you. Where can I return plastic bags that are not of the grocery ...

Flexibles plastics, like grocery bags, are complex so that they can perform their intended function, which can make them difficult to recycle through traditional means. Advanced recycling technologies ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- More and more cities, including Philadelphia, are banning plastic bags because of environmental dangers. Some big box retailers offer drop-off bins for recycling, including ...

For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) — Businesses and residents in two area counties will be able to participate in an upcoming new recycling program. Rumpke has teamed up with Hefty to allow businesses and residents ...

Welcome to Sustainability with Sarah! I’m the climate change and environmental reporter for The Greenville News, covering issues and solutions across the Upstate. In this weekly column, I will answer ...

Crowd sourcing, giving the public an opportunity to provide information rather than seeking it from single sources, is an efficient way to gather data and sometimes provides unexpected results. Indeed ...