Recycling

Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative says it checks license plates and IDs to verify if recycling comes from Oregon.

For the first time since Oregon’s Bottle Bill recycling program began, Oregonians returned more than two billion beverage containers, as the program paid out more than $205 million to consumers and local nonprofits in 2022.

A new report from Greenpeace found that people may be putting plastic into recycling bins — but almost none of it is actually being recycled. Meanwhile, plastic production is ramping up.

For decades, the lemon-lime drink has come in green bottles — but green plastic isn't as easily recycled as clear plastic, the company says. Fresca, Seagram's and Mello Yello will all follow suit.

The vast majority of mattresses in Oregon end up in landfills. State lawmakers approved a bill this year that’s meant to change that.

A group of friends in Olympia is starting an off-beat enterprise to tear apart and recycle pianos after noticing how online marketplaces are awash in pianos that aren’t selling at any price.

Several recommendations have surfaced after an audit looks at ways to improve Oregon’s groundbreaking Bottle Bill.

Scientists are finding plastic pollution in every nook and cranny of the planet. Here are some of the ways people are trying to reduce it.

Oregon’s bottle deposit system is recycling more containers than ever before despite major disruptions in global recycling markets.

Recycling in Oregon has hit some bumps over the past few years, with local paper mills closing and China deciding not to import used paper and plastic any longer.