Recycling & Trash

Iowa lawmakers sent a bill to the governor’s desk Monday that would make major changes to Iowa’s 44-year-old bottle and can deposit program. If the bill is signed into law, grocery and convenience stores could refuse customers’ empty beverage containers.

Hear about innovations in plastic "upcycling" research and two geologists' work to explain a mystery in northeastern Iowa.

Hear how the bottle bill changed Iowa and sit down with one of the screenwriters of Brazilian show Sintonia.

Two key Republican lawmakers said Monday they may consider getting rid of Iowa’s bottle and can deposit program if they can’t agree on how to change it this year.

The Iowa grocery and beverage industries are gearing up again to try to repeal Iowa’s popular bottle deposit law when lawmakers return to the capitol in…

Supporters of Iowa’s bottle deposit law say an overwhelming majority of Iowans think the law is good for the state, and regularly return bottles and cans.…

Officials with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources report a problem with enforcement of Iowa's 35-year old bottle bill. Some retailers are turning…

Reduce, reuse, recycle. That’s been the mantra among the environmentally conscious for the last 25 years. This hour – an in-depth exploration of recycling…

Recycling can be a tricky process - whether you leave materials curbside or deposit them at a drop-site, it's often hard to know exactly what can or can't…

Most people have probably taken a bag of aluminum cans to a redemption center to collect the nickel deposit. You walk in, get them counted and collect…