Why you should get rid of your black plastic spatula immediately
Toxic flame retardants found in black plastic household items may be due to contaminated recycling, posing health risks such as cancer and neurological damage.
One major Bay Area city is particularly bad at recycling. City staff have a hands-on idea for how to turn it around.
Recycling contamination is a growing problem in San Jose, with 57% of waste in single-family recycling carts found to be non-recyclable.
Contamination costs the U.S. recycling system at least $300 million annually, leading to increased efforts to extract trash from recyclables.