Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the ...

Before every shift, they clean the sorting machines, but they always end up needing to stop to remove things like plastic ...

When Tiwonge Mzumara-Gawa was a child, her mother sent her to market with a basket woven from grasses. “But now we don’t do ...

Scientists are working with microbes found in Australia's unique ecosystem to create bioplastics which break down in land, ...

Researchers have turned food waste into biodegradable plastic, offering a promising new path to fight both food and plastic ...

The glass falls into the “glass breaker” and is carried out of the building to be used as landfill ... shouldn't go in the ...

A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study with researchers from University of Gothenburg and Leipzig shows that recycled polyethylene plastic can ...

Some global plastic packaging firms want the plastics treaty to fix the economic challenges recycled resin faces with steps ...

In a nutshell Recycled plastic pellets from India, Nigeria, and Taiwan leaked 84 different chemicals into water, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and plastic additives — with concentrations ...

Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in zebrafish larvae. Researchers warn that unknown and toxic additives ...

How well does recycling need to be rinsed? What should you do with plastic lids and pizza boxes? Your recycling questions ...