Recyclers know all too well that baling plastic can produce headaches. Plastic bottles, with the air that can become trapped inside them during the baling process, are particularly troublesome.

MFA-Linn was recently awarded $10,000 to purchase a baler to be used for compressing agriculture plastic wrap waste left from hay bales. Organizers say this is a first of its kind project in the state ...

Where there is a will to recycle there is a way, even in a part of the world where Arctic cold can make the collection and processing of recyclables a real challenge. On Nov. 1, 2005, the government ...