That means only about 5% to 6% of U.S. plastic waste is recycled, down from a peak of 9.5% in 2014 and 8.7% in 2018, before China stopped accepting America's plastic refuse for either recycling ...

California's plastic bag ban aimed to reduce waste and increase ... So you can put them in your curbside recycling bin, right? Wrong, says the EPA — plastic bags need to go to specialty ...

Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate. Last year, the U.S. exported 74,000 shipping containers of plastic waste to low-income countries, researcher Jan ...

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The U.S. generates more plastic waste than any other country, ... consumers should only be throwing the rigid #1 or #2 plastic containers in their recycling bins — these include clear, ...

Malaysia emerged as a major destination for U.S. waste after China banned American waste imports in 2018. California shipped ...

In this case, the plastic waste was collected from waters around Costa Rica. And each bin, made with 3.5 pounds of ocean plastic for World Oceans Day on June 8 (and beyond), comes with a 10-year ...

Cascade Engineering is a large-scale plastic injection molding manufacturer that counts sustainability as part of its mission. The company achieved zero waste, which resulted in a savings of more ...

Unlike the mixed plastic waste people dump in recycling bins, post-manufacturing waste is more uniform in its chemical make-up and clean, making it easier to recycle.

Plastic food packaging has become composters’ greatest challenge. People are tossing cling wrap, foam trays and other plastic food packaging into their bins, contaminating the compost.