Milk cartons may lose the recycling symbol in California, potentially making the material unusable in the state.

Sarcan Recycling is hoping to improve the rate of return on plastic milk jugs and milk cartons, as recycling efforts in this area continue to fall short. "The key to the whole program is that it's ...

Your food and beverage carton's journey to becoming a new product starts at pickup. After a hauler collects your recyclables, ...

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A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...

Everyone knows that milk makes strong bones, but milk cartons can also make a strong environment. Since January Red Rock Elementary has recycled nearly 100,000 milk cartons as part of a new recycling ...

Milk cartons generally aren’t accepted by recycling centers in Snohomish County. Dispensers could be a solution. And they save milk too. DARRINGTON — Students were more excited than usual to form ...

Of course you should rinse them out first and let them dry, but then you should recycle these cartons. Many readers who have emailed the Star wondered about these and that may be because it often ...

California’s familiar milk cartons, long stamped with the chasing-arrows recycling logo, are suddenly at the center of a high ...