Recycle

What happens when your toddler outgrows all those cars, dinosaurs, playsets and other fun plastic toys?

For years we were told not to throw things like yogurt cups and water bottles into the recycling. However, that has recently changed.

Boise's Orange Bag Program started in 2018 and we check in to see how it's doing.

Though historic snowfall eased drought conditions, threats of extended dry periods don’t let up in the arid West. That’s why water managers are working on creating sustainable water supplies, including turning the water that flushes down people’s toilets into drinking water from their taps.

As people start to take down their holiday decorations, some community leaders and advocates are pushing for recycling those materials.

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.