Recycling cans and bottles in exchange for cash might be the most widely known example of a circular economy in action — and one motivated Australian man leveraged a local initiative to accumulate a ...

How do bottle and can recycling centers make money if they’re paying you for the materials you drop off? Recycling centers are the rare operation where you, the consumer, end up making money. But ...

A Costco customer showed off how she was able to get paid for bags of trash at one of the retailer’s locations. Milford, Connecticut-based TikToker Kerijoe (@_kerijoe) uploaded a viral TikTok that’s ...

College students in Scotland will soon be rewarded with cash for helping the environment. Under the temporary program, students across the Motherwell, Coatbridge and Cumbernauld campuses near Glasgow ...

The city has partnered with Every Can Counts U.S. and Replenysh. Volunteers weigh used aluminum beverage cans for payment at the Greenville Circularity Center. The city of Greenville, Mississippi, has ...

In November 2023, the Million Cans Recycling Contest kicked off for the first time with eight elementary schools across the U.S. Each school was paired up with a local scrapyard. From November to May, ...

Recycling takes more than just throwing your used cans into the recycling bin. If you're not prepping your aluminum before tossing it in the bin, it's likely bypassing the recycling process and going ...

Here's the deal: Recycling isn't just about good intentions. It's requires a little prep work, too, which includes actually rinsing out that soda can, taking the plastic handle off that old busted pan ...