Plastic waste is an environmental issue around the globe and finding solutions to the growing problem should be of greater priority. In Pennsylvania, tons of plastic waste are removed from the state’s ...

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has awarded $17.8 million in grants for developing and implementing recycling programs to 131 municipalities and counties in the state.

Prism Recycling, Erie, Pennsylvania, has developed a drop-off pilot program for glass recycling in Erie County, Pennsylvania, through a public-private partnership among the Erie County Recycling ...

On a typical trash collection day, neighborhoods are lined with blue or green recycling bins filled with plastic water bottles and milk jugs, beer bottles and aluminum cans. There are also takeout ...

Environmental advocates say Pennsylvania is in a “growing waste crisis.” They blame a decades-old recycling law, and are recommending a slate of legislative changes. “We live in a much different world ...

Erie County residents have multiple options for spring cleaning disposal, including recycling events for electronics, ...

PLAINFIELD TWP., Pa. - That aluminum soda can or plastic milk jug you pitch into the recycling bin today might soon find its way through the labyrinth of machines, sorters, and conveyor belts now ...

A report released Wednesday said Pennsylvania should require curbside pickup for common recyclables such as glass and plastic and recommit itself to educating the public about the importance of ...

The federal government will begin the long-awaited cleanup of a nuclear waste dump outside Apollo in Armstrong County.

Hundreds of 55-gallon drums filled with low-level radioactive waste have sat buried or stored at a site in western ...

The proposed Grand Central Recycling Center could add hundreds of truck trips to Route 512 — and if the plan isn’t changed, perhaps to the restricted Pen Argyl Road, with a threat of traffic jams — ...

On a typical trash collection day, neighborhoods are lined with blue or green recycling bins filled with plastic water bottles and milk jugs, beer bottles and aluminum cans. There are also takeout ...