"Items like helium/oxygen/propane tanks and electronic waste pose a threat to curbside collection drivers, recycling workers, and our community." ...

About.com's guide to candle and soap making (yep, there's even a guide for that) details how to recycle your leftover wax scraps into new, usable candles. I've got a lot of candles in my apartment ...

Everyone knows we should recycle plastic, glass, aluminum and paper–or at least, we know we’re supposed to. But for leftover Chinese takeout and other kitchen scraps, which make up around 30% of our ...

In this kitchen, trash is treated with respect. Melanie Peterson-Nafziger carefully cleans up, putting a milk jug in one bin, the cap for the jug in another. Paper goes into a recycling bin. She slips ...

When it comes to these 9 household items, it's like Grandma always used to say: "Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without!" ...