First, the mixed recyclables are shredded and crushed into smaller fragments, enabling more effective separation. The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, ...

From the blue bin to the packaged bales, BYU’s recycling process starts and ends on university grounds — with the help of the campus community.

Widespread confusion about the recycling requirements means that many renewable-minded people toss items in the single-stream bin that don’t belong there.

A new City of Greensboro pilot program uses smart cameras to scan residents’ recycling for non-recyclable items as bins are dumped into trucks.