The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

Granulating, melting, and shaping reclaimed plastic into Solar Flare Coat Hooks, which are simple, functional, and ...

Knowing your symbols makes it easier to reuse and recycle. Groups 1, 2, and 5 are easy to recycle curbside, but groups 4, 6, ...

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader ...

Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, their city offers comprehensive curbside recycling and composting — and it’s strongly expected that everyone know how to use them ...

Recycling of plastics from cars faces technical and economic hurdles. A new industry coalition aims to tackle it, but admits ...

Richmond region residents will soon be able to throw out their trash in bins that were once garbage themselves.

Instead of plastics making waste we’re making plastics out of waste,” says Jack “Tato” Bigio with UBQ Materials.

California is suing three plastic bag manufacturers that officials say are violating state law by providing bags billed as ...

In the case of yogurt cups and milk jugs, recently developed block copolymers are able to produce recycled plastic materials with the flexibility of polyethylene and the strength of polypropylene.