Imagine walking into your local Costco with a bag full of plastic bottles and, minutes later, having enough money to get a couple of enormous pizzas from the food court. That's the reality behind a ...

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 ...

If you've been to the supermarket lately, you may have seen reverse vending machines stationed outside it. (Maybe they call them "bottle deposits" where you are.) It's a neat, convenient way to return ...

EASTON, Pa. — Students returning to Lafayette College will notice a new addition. A "reverse vending machine" aims to help the environment and make recycling fun. "It is the first of its kind in ...