It’s easy to get confused about what can and can’t be recycled. The No. 1 rule is to follow your local guidelines. Print them and post them by your recycling bins for quick reference.

Trying to recycle the wrong packaging gunks up the works at overtaxed recycling centers. Here’s what to sort in your bins and what to throw in the trash.

Polystyrene can be chemically recycled using heat, but repeated treatments degrade the material, causing it to lose strength and flexibility.

Spring cleaning is near. Here are answers to some of the most common questions about what can and can't be recycled.

Best known as a major component in Styrofoam, polystyrene is widely used but rarely recycled. Now scientists have developed a way to upcycle it into a useful product.

UV light plus aluminium chloride as a catalyst can break down polystyrene so that it can be turned into a chemical used in fragrances and medicines ...

Actually, entire houses can be built with the millions of tires that are tossed out every year. To build so-called Earthships, for example, whole tires are filled with dirt and covered with concrete ...

This new recycling method would create an incentive for polystyrene to be collected and recycled instead of going into landfills or becoming plastic pollution.

Here's how you can properly recycle all the holiday items scattered around your home, whether its your Christmas tree or your endless supply of cards: How do I recycle carboard or Styrofoam packaging?

As you wrap and unwrap gifts this season, be aware of what you can and can't put in your recycle bin.