A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

California's new plastic bag law went into effect on January 1. It forbids any business from giving away or selling plastic ...

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may ...

Ridwell, and companies like it, offer to take complex plastic items you can't put in your blue bin and find a home for them.

You know that little triangle with the number inside that you see on practically every plastic item you've ever touched? The one that made you feel good about tossing your yogurt container into the ...

By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...

Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.

Digital watermarking and AI boost flexible plastic sorting while EPR policies fund infrastructure to overcome recycling challenges ...

Is plastic recyclable? Learn about recycling codes for plastic, how many times can plastic be recycled, and types of plastic decomposition including bacteria-eating plastic and plastic-eating fungus ...

When you think about building a house, what materials come to mind? Brick, wood and metal all come to mind; there are also some very distinctive glass houses out there. (Even if their occupants should ...

Manchester study argues recycling terms like upcycling mislead stakeholders and hinder sustainable plastic waste management progress ...