WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY: Good afternoon and happy August, readers! If you live in D.C. or the surrounding area, we hope you ...

"Reduce, reuse, recycle." For more than 50 years, those three Rs have been the world's go-to environmental mantra. On the face of it, the three Rs sound like an empowering call for each of us to play ...

Under the project, reusable materials will be collected from households, educational institutions, offices, commercial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Reduce, reuse, recycle. These "three Rs" of sustainability are often associated with Earth Day, celebrated annually on April 22.

Reduce, reuse, recycle — it’s an exhortation that’s become universal. For decades, the phrase has been used on posters and public service announcements, encouraging well-meaning citizens to cut down ...

There are many causes of climate change. One example is cutting down trees. This is a problem that some people don’t know about. Carbon dioxide is released from the trunk when it breaks down or gets ...

A municipal waste worker turns away another shipment of recycled materials littered with greasy pizza boxes and broken glass, sentencing this waste to slow death in a landfill without a second thought ...

Reduce, reuse and recycle have been ingrained into our heads since we were kids. One of my favorite CDs as a kid was Jack Johnson’s Curious George, which featured this song and is probably the first ...

A fourth "R" is being added to "reduce, reuse and recycle": Recirculation. Instead of recycling old products, a non-profit in North Carolina is recirculating used to-go food containers and bottles.