Perfume bottles are often designed with high-quality materials such as glass, metal, or plastic. Once a fragrance is used up, ...

A lack of convenient access and issues like landfill economics have made glass recycling difficult. Groups such as Ripple Glass, Ace Glass, and Phoenix Glass are trying to help by easing the process.

Only about a third of the glass used in the U.S. gets recycled. That’s much lower than Europe, where some countries have recycling rates above 90%. So what gives? And what can we do about it?

Laura Hennemann, vice president of marketing and communications for Houston-based Strategic Materials Inc., hears a variety of myths about glass recycling every day. She lists them off: Broken glass ...

Q: I seem to remember that you said not to throw glass (windows, glasses, bowls, table tops, etc.) into the recycling bin. Is this correct and, if so, how do we depose of these items? A: You ...

The high-volume MRF in Seattle operated by Republic Services has attained gold-level certification from the Glass Recycling Foundation. “We congratulate Republic on their leadership and dedication to ...