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Mining old hard drives for rare earth elements could facilitate 'large-scale, domestic recycling,' and ease US reliance on China, Western Digital says in a new white paper.

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When you toss a soda can, a banana peel or a pizza box in your residential recycling or compost bins, where does it actually go? It could end up in a foundry in Oregon, or a local farm, or, if placed ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

Tossing takeout containers into the recycling bin feels like the right move, but looks can be deceiving. A lot of food ...

Hundreds of bin workers have been on an indefinite all-out strike since 11 March, leaving tonnes of rubbish to build up in the streets, in protest against the council's plans to cut the role of waste ...

Recycling gets confusing sometimes, especially when it comes to certain items. Discover which recycling rules you may (or may ...

Properly sorted biowaste can be repurposed into fertilisers and energy. It is converted into biogas, which serves as a ...