AURORA, Ill. (WLS) -- Chicagoland residents are not recycling as much as the rest of the country. While the national recycling rate is 30%, Chicagoland residents recycle roughly 20% of waste ...

In 2022, "waste and recycling facilities in the U.S. and Canada experienced 390 fires, two deaths, and 56 direct and indirect injuries," Fogelman noted in the report, though that's an undercount ...