Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

"[The industry] has spent millions of dollars advertising, telling us, 'don't worry about all the plastic you're generating,'" said Judith Enck, a former regional administrator for the Environmental ...

A discovery led by the University of St Andrews has found a way to turn ordinary household plastic waste into the building block for anti-cancer drugs.

Prysmian and Eni-controlled Versalis have signed a strategic agreement to chemically recycle plastic cable waste into new ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...

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EFS Plastics calls for stronger policies and collaboration to boost post-consumer resin adoption amid low virgin plastic ...

The European Union has unveiled proposals to help the bloc's plastic recycling sector, which is struggling against ...

The European Union will introduce stricter rules for imports of plastics, the European Commission said on Tuesday, as it ...

Walk into any of the stores operated by the four major supermarket chains serving the Boise area, and near an entrance you’ll find a bin inviting you to drop off plastic store bags and other soft ...

The council has shared the following advice to boost recycling rates: Reuse wrapping paper and use old Christmas cards as ...