Many paper packages contain a hidden plastic coating that improves performance but makes recycling much more difficult.

If you're considering making money by recycling paper, there are a few steps you can take to increase your success and your revenue. The steps for starting a paper recycling operation include ...

Shredded paper is still paper, so it can, in fact, be recycled; however, there are a few caveats. First, the process of shredding paper breaks down the strength of its natural fibers, which impacts ...

Labels and adhesives can prevent paper from being recycled but there's new tech aimed at changing that.

From cardboard boxes to paper padded mailers, there are many opportunities to recycle. Heidi Brock, president and CEO of the AF&PA, says there are many opportunities to support the paper industry, ...

Panelists at the Bureau of International Recycling convention in October see India and Southeast Asia as imported scrap paper growth markets. Former BIR President Ranjit Baxi told recyclers, “The good ...

Pablo Päster is an energy and sustainability management consultant who wrote a weekly advice column for Treehugger from 2009-2012. Joel Penner/CC BY-NC 2.0 Dear Pablo: I have a tough one for you: ...

Recycling paper may only be helpful to the climate if it is powered by renewable energy, according to a new modelling study by researchers at UCL and Yale. The study, published in Nature ...

We’re back with more myths of curbside recycling. Shredded and crumpled paper create a lot of confusion for sorting machines — hard to believe, but true. Sorting mechanisms can’t distinguish crumpled ...

The study found that greenhouse gas emissions would increase by 2050 if we recycled more paper, as current methods rely on fossil fuels and electricity from the grid. Recycling paper may only be ...