recycling

When the coffee pot stops perking, the vacuum stops picking up dirt, or that lamp no longer turns on, they usually end up in the trash. At Cincinnati's Recycling and Reuse Hub, a team of volunteer tinkerers have found a lot of those items are fixable and can be sent on to help people who are coming out of homelessness.

The U.S. EPA grant will support replacing about 80,000 curbside recycling carts, and add about 5,000 new carts so more households can participate.

Experts talk about local efforts to reduce plastic use and recycle differently.

Efforts to make recycling more accessible to more communities.

The ornaments were found on Christmas trees that were turned in for recycling after the holidays.

Curbside recycling is available for single-family homes with no extra fee, but multifamily properties have to pay for the service.

The East Central Indiana Recycle and Reuse Center is a little over a year old. The site's founder is celebrating by preparing to expand across Wayne County thanks to a mobile recycling van.

Executive Director Chad Planner says implementing a fee is necessary to sustain the organization.

Collection goes through Feb. 2026 in Ohio and Kentucky, while Hoosiers have the opportunity year-round.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management is working on a plan to achieve the state’s long-held goal to recycle half its waste. Right now, only about 19% gets recycled.