Walk on almost any beach or look on the side of most roads and you’ll see the bottles, bags ... recycling machines might just jump-start that effort. We looked at [Precious Plastic] two years ...

[Dave Hakkens] graduated from the Design Academy of Eindhoven and decided to try his hand at making affordable plastic recycling machines. His reasoning? “We recycle just 10% [of waste plastic ...

While clear bags are permitted in the compost bin, regular white kitchen garbage bags and black plastic contractor bags cannot be used, Sanitation said. Items that must be composted include yard waste ...