Epoxy resins are coatings and adhesives used in a broad range of familiar applications, such as construction, engineering and manufacturing. However, they often present a challenge to recycle or ...

Epoxy resins are coatings and adhesives used in a broad range of familiar applications, such as construction, engineering and ...

Here, Carly Snider, executive director of Pact Collective, explains why the industry can’t recycle its way out of its ...

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

New Yorkers send a literal mountain of stuff — over 600,000 tons of material — to be recycled through curbside recycling ...

W hat do you do when you've got a scented candle that's nearly burnt down to the wick, but still has a good amount of wax ...

In 2022–23, APCO reported the average amount of recycled content in glass packaging — which includes everything from jars to beer bottles — was 54 per cent. This percentage is slowly ...

If you choose to recycle the glass jars, remove the wax first, even if you don't plan to make new candles. Otherwise, you risk contaminating the batch. On the other hand, candle wax isn't recyclable.