Recycle

Dubbed E-RECOV, an electrochemical process pioneered at INL separates the recoverable elements without emissions. “The efficiency of the process is approximately 90-100%, meaning that the electrons that are put in are doing the job that we want them to do,” the lead researcher said.

Idaho Matters sits down to talk with the co-founder of the worlds biggest gift economy and find out how it works.

Idaho Matters learns more about a new potential recycling method for Ada County and Boise residents.

A long-awaited pilot project has turned our single-use plastics into building blocks.

The plastics many in Boise attempt to recycle by using the orange Hefty Energy Bags may be reused as building materials in in a pilot project later this year.

Idaho Matters checks in with the City of Boise about its successful — and growing — compost program.

With many of us staying home and ordering items online, there’s more recycling being done in the Treasure Valley this year. And a new report shows the…

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.

Boise and Meridian residents have been filling special orange bags with hard-to-recycle plastics since 2018. Initially, the ‘Hefty EnergyBags’ were…

As most of us have been spending more time at home, the amount of waste we’ve been taking to the curb has increased, too. Trucks picking up our trash,…