This years Indiana Recycling Coalition Conference focused less on recycling and more on the other two Rs reduce and reuse.

The grants are funded through the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's Recycling Market Development Program.

Recycling advocates are urging leaders to re-evaluate Indiana's recycling system, which they say is plagued with issues including a lack of locally sourced recycling material for businesses and landfills filling with recyclable goods.

China's standards are much stricter than what the U.S. recycling industry is used to - no more than 0.5 percent of the material can be contaminated.

"Unboxing Stations" have been set up in a couple of locations for gamers to be able to recycle unwanted packaging.

Indiana counties, cities and towns may have to alter their recycling programs in the wake of China's recent ban on certain recyclables.

One after another, restaurants, businesses and even communities are dropping plastic straws.

Overseas trade in recyclables was a focus of the Indiana Recycling Coalition's annual conference this week in Indianapolis.

Between Dec. 26 and Jan. 31, trees can be dropped off at nine Indy Parks locations.

The $350 million, first-of-its-kind GEP Fuel & Energy plant will employ about 250 people in the tiny Carroll County town of Camden by 2020.