Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your climate impact. But recycling plastic will not address the plastic pollution ...

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 ...

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, ...

You see PET plastics every day, even if you do not notice them. They show up as drink bottles, food packaging, and synthetic ...

AI and spectroscopy enhance plastic recycling sorting accuracy and efficiency for sustainable manufacturing practices.

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In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

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 ...

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

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

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