Only certain takeout containers are recyclable in most places. Putting errant boxes in the blue bin only clogs up the system.

A new contract deal with Lakeshore Recycling Systems will take over solid waste collections starting next year and phase in ...

Peanut butter jars, takeout containers and soft plastic wrap often end up in the recycling bin, contaminating viable plastic, ...

San Jose’s so-called ambassadors will be checking neighborhoods on garbage days to help the city improve its efforts to ...