recycling

This week on The Big Why: A listener is curious about recyclables that don’t get recycled in Montana. Namely, why is plastic recycling so limited? "We're all encouraged to recycle. But when it comes right down to it, what happens to the things we actually recycle?"

This week, we’re tackling more of a “big where” than a why. A listener wants to know, where does our recycling go in Montana?

The U.S. recycling industry is facing a quandary: Too much of the plastic we use can't be recycled, and taxpayers increasingly are on the hook for paying for all that trash to hit the landfills.

A new state report estimates that the average Montanan produced almost 10 pounds of trash each day in 2016.The proposed five-year Integrated Waste…

Starting next month, Flathead County will no longer accept plastics or steel can recycling. The change stems from market forces in China. China used to…