Re “The Complicated Truth About Recycling,” by Oliver Franklin-Wallis (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 3): We all need to recycle paper, cardboard, glass and metal, and compost yard waste and food scraps.

Busan, South Korea — Several non-profit groups that operate U.S. curbside recycling programs have a simple message to diplomats trying to write a global plastics treaty: Be skeptical about seeing ...

Gardena, Calif., extended its commercial trash contracts this week so officials would have more time to figure out why the city is not meeting state recycling goals. The city has been on the state’s ...