recycling

The holidays are not often known for being minimalist. But the Onondaga County Resource Recovery Agency, or OCRRA, is sharing some advice on how you can reduce waste and help the environment this holiday season.

People use a lot of stuff during the holidays. Foil-covered dishes, wrapping paper, cardboard boxes and Christmas trees will soon need to be discarded.

OCRRA is issuing advice on how to sort through that post-holiday trash and recycle properly.

Onondaga County’s recycling organization is urging residents to stop putting certain glass containers into their blue recycle bins. OCRRA, the Onondaga…

Onondaga County residents may have to start paying for recycling. Officials at the facility that oversees waste and recycling for the county, say costs…

An investigation from NPR and the PBS show Frontline found oil and gas companies had serious doubts that plastic recycling was viable, but promoted it to keep profits high and plastic bans at bay.

Unilever also pledges to collect and process more used plastic packaging than it sells over the next six years.

New York State’s recently passed budget took aim at a couple of environmental issues, like banning plastic bags and recycling commercial food waste. The…

It started last January. Madison County residents would stuff the styrofoam that protects things like appliances or electronics into plastic bags, then…

Binghamton resident Sara Hopkins wants her good, used clothes to have a second chance. But there are some she simply doesn't donate."I'm honestly not sure…