The city-state sends only 2% of its solid waste to landfills. 

Seattle is fighting back against a lawsuit that blames the city of "trash-snooping."

Experts caution the rate can grow to 99% by 2050 if people do not take immediate action. 

Wing's Castle in N.Y. manages to make demolition leftovers look downright enchanting.

It's called The Ocean Cleanup, and it's a 1.2-mile-long system designed to collect and remove plastic from the ocean. For two years, it will hang out in the ocean, hopefully to begin undoing what we've done for decades: polluted the heck out of the water with plastic trash.

The company behind the idea says plastic roads could cut down on asphalt-related CO2 emissions.

Adidas, in partnership with a nonprofit called Parley for the Oceans, has created a shoe that is made entirely from ocean trash and creates zero waste. The company plans to release a line of shoes made like this later this year.

Tucked in the woods 30 miles north of Washington is a plant packed with energy-guzzling machines that can make even an environmentalist’s heart sing – giant conveyor belts, sorters and crushers saving a thousand tons of paper, plastic and other recyclables from reaching landfills each day. The 24-hour operation is a sign that after three decades of trying, a culture of curbside recycling has become ingrained in cities and counties across the country. Happy Valley, however, it is not.

Machines use science to separate a stream of waste into valuable raw materials.

It's the brainstorm of a street artist, who wanted folks to pay more respect to the pickers who collect recyclable garbage that would otherwise pile up in landfills.

It would serve Americans greatly to take a page out of Sweden’s book about recycling their waste.

DIY stuff made of recycled material: 100% green and free!

Instead of heading to the landfill, the lead in outdated car batteries could power your home.

Since 2007, one of America's top exports to China has been... trash. Yes, trash. That includes everything from scrap metal and paper to cardboard and crumpled soda cans. The United States sold $10.8 billion worth of metal and paper scrap to China in 2011.

The way we eat generates a lot of junk. But what starts as junk doesn't have to stay junk.

We, as a nation, are amassing huge collections of dildos, pocket pussies, and butt plugs. But as sex toys are becoming more common, there is still no easy way to recycle them. Our increasing comfort with item-assisted sexual pleasure isn’t keeping up with our increasing desire to live sustainably. Sex toys are often made with a variety of specialized materials to make them soft and/or non-porous (which means they won’t trap bodily fluids).