Editor’s note: This story is part of The Star’s series “Talking Trash.” All of the stories were inspired by questions and concerns we heard from Kansas Citians through listening sessions, an online ...

Weyerhaeuser Co., the main recycling company in Wichita, Kansas, says it will stop taking glass bottles Dec 1. Glass costs more to ship than it is worth to the processors who melt down old bottles and ...

Someone once discovered that certain kinds of sand, melted at a high temperature, can become glass. That initial discovery opened the window for continuing innovation that has made glass one of the ...

Trautmann says this year’s theme, “Krewe du Vieux Saves the Wet Glands,” is a play on her company’s core mission to restore ...