The recycling community has debated for years over what to do with plastic bottle caps. The plastic industry has even weighed in, trying to set general rules, but every local recycling program has its own preferences.

There are numerous reasons to dispose of old cookware. You may have upgraded to a new model, the cooking surface may have eroded over time, or perhaps you are merging kitchen supplies with a new roommate or partner. For some items, recycling your old cookware is an option, but there are a few variables to consider first.

From cell phones and laptops to power tools and children’s toys, batteries are used to power all types of portable devices. Eventually they wear out, and it's important to know how to dispose of batteries properly, whether they're rechargeable AA batteries or disposable akaline batteries. This Home Depot guide has information on proper disposal, plus gives tips about where to recycle batteries. 

Reduce, reuse, recycle—we’ve all had this ingrained in our heads for years. We make sure to toss the plastic bottle in the blue bin, but reusing and recycling play a bigger role than in just the plastic and paper industry. In fact, the textile industry is equally important for recycling. People shop more and buy more, so the output for clothes is greater. But this fast fashion industry and these overstuffed closets have all led to overflowing landfills.

Batteries not only run small items like your TV remote, they also provide backup power for hospitals and can even run commuter trains.  Who knew that something so relatively small could be so powerful?!

The average person throws away 70 pounds of clothing per year, all of which end up in landfills. There is a better way: recycle clothes! Learn how it's done. 

Paper recycling has been around for a long time. Actually, when you think about it, paper has been a recycled product from the very beginning. For the first 1,800 years or so that paper existed, it was always made from discarded materials.

If you change your own motor oil, you’re changing your oil filter at the same time. Take the last step and recycle the oil filter along with the used oil. Here’s more information on why oil filter recycling is important, and where you can take your oil filters.

Did you know that there are more cell phones than there are people on Earth? What remains unknown to most consumers is the final resting place of these electronic devices. For most consumers, out of sight and out of mind is the status quo. However, these devices do not just disappear.

3 smart, responsible tactics for getting rid of unwanted laptops, phones, and more. Many of the materials used in making these products can be recovered and reused, including plastics, glass, and metal.

Offices use huge amounts of paper, most of which ends up in waste bins. At the same time, white office paper that is the most commonly used type of paper requires twice as much wood as newsprint for instance. While 1 tonne of recycled newsprint saves about 1 tonne of wood, 1 tonne of recycled white office paper saves as many as 2 tonnes.

Are you ready to boost your paper recycling? Here are seven things you can do to be a smart consumer and keep paper out of landfills: