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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most black plastic containers are non-recyclable. Takeout containers are becoming more eco-friendly, but there are still some that ...

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If you want to be a better recycler in 2025, it starts with learning the dos and don'ts. Takeout containers may seem like straightforward candidates for the blue bin but many of them aren't fit to be ...

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A new program from the Corvallis Sustainability Coalition aims to help cut restaurant costs while reducing customer waste with reusable to-go containers. Coalition staffer Jeanette Hardison will run ...

Every year, billions of pounds of single-use plastics end up in landfills and some of these plastics can take centuries to decompose. But thanks to a new grant through DC's Department of Energy -- the ...

Starting this semester, reusable takeout boxes at the Sharpe Refectory and Verney-Wooley dining halls have replaced disposable ones. The boxes, the product of a new partnership between Brown Dining ...