Did you know that Styrofoam™ and plastic wrap—including bubble wrap—don’t belong in your recycling bin? Common in packaging, cups, takeout boxes, and packing materials, these items are not accepted in ...

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Plastics are everywhere. They’re in our yogurt cups, grocery bags, shampoo bottles, and even the clingy wrap around last night’s leftovers. And almost all of them are made from a family of plastics ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Mountains of un-recyclable sheets of plastic wrap used to protect surgical equipment are being turned into hand-sewn tote bags for new parents at St. Charles Health System. Bend Anesthesiology Group ...

Entrepreneur Charlie Rudkin-Wilson recycles household plastic into homewares that have featured in Vogue. Rudkin-Wilson wants to "change the perception of plastic waste and to make it seem like a ...

The UK has issued updated guidance explaining which plastic packaging can realistically be collected, sorted and reprocessed through existing recycling infrastructure.