Environment A Mount Rushmore Of Recycling Puts An Avalanche Of Waste In The Faces Of G-7 Leaders Made of circuit boards and smartphones, a giant sculpture of the leaders of the world's wealthiest nations is greeting them at a summit in England. The creators want to raise awareness about e-waste. Frank Langfitt
Environment How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled An NPR and PBS Frontline investigation reveals how the oil and gas industry used the promise of recycling to sell more plastic, even when they knew it would never work on a large scale. Laura Sullivan
Environment Stop recycling plastic bags, Seattle. Also could you do us a favor... No more plastic bags in the household recycling bin. Starting January first, plastic bags and wrap will no longer be accepted in curbside recycling in Seattle and the rest of King County. Carolyn Adolph
Environment The biggest soot polluter in the region is on King County land. Should it be? Kim Malcolm talks with investigative reporter Robert McClure about the Ardagh Group's glass recycling plant in south Seattle. Kim Malcolm Andy Hurst
National More U.S. Towns Are Feeling The Pinch As Recycling Becomes Costlier 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. Rebecca Davis
Health U.S. Recycling Industry Is Struggling to Figure Out A Future Without China China is no longer taking the world's waste. The U.S. recycling industry is overwhelmed — it can't keep up with the plastic being churned out. This doesn't bode well for our plastic waste problem. Christopher Joyce
National Man's Recycling Mistake Nearly Gave New Meaning To 'Going Green' Workers at a California recycling facility noticed a shoebox leaking something unusual: cash. They were able to return nearly all of the $23,000 life savings a man accidentally set out on the curb. Rachel Martin
Environment Plastics Or People? At Least 1 Of Them Has To Change To Clean Up Our Mess As consumers rebel against plastic waste, there's a growing question: Do we invent something people can toss without harming the environment or do we change people by giving them a chance to reuse? Christopher Joyce
Environment Sedan overboard! How the sea floor got littered with cars off the Northwest coast Dotting the sea floor is something you wouldn’t expect in this remote and watery wilderness: crushed cars, with Canadian bumper stickers and license plates. John Ryan
Environment King County’s landfill wants to expand, but neighbors are saying no At a County Council meeting Wednesday dozens of local residents spoke against the proposal. Anna Boiko-Weyrauch