Most olive oils come in a sturdy glass bottle. That bottle shouldn't be tossed in the recycling bin, it can be reused for ...

Billions of plastic pill bottles end up in landfills every year, often rejected by curbside recycling programs. But one mom's clever recycling habit is proving that even the smallest acts can make a ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

Starting Jan. 1, 2024, shoppers will pay an extra 10 cents for a bottle of wine or hard liquor, and will get that money back if they turn the bottle in at a recycling center. Just polished off a nice ...

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Empty wine and liquor bottles will become eligible for refunds as California expands its recycling program. California will soon pay you 10 cents per bottle, according to a new ...

Just polished off a nice Chardonnay? A glass of Pinot with dinner? A mango margarita even? You may want to hold on to those empty bottles: It won’t be long before California is paying 10 cents each ...