In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

A numerical error in a scientific paper created alarm around the chemicals in black plastic utensils, but the extent to which ...

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits.

plastic is often not recycled. On top of that, black plastic—often used for kitchen utensils and takeout items—is a notoriously difficult color to sort for recycling, and most of it gets rejected.

Instead, it’s made with recycled single-use plastic bottles and natural stone ... and it’s one of the most durable and innovative flooring materials available today. Unlike traditional ...

One of the biggest recycling misconceptions is assuming the recycling facility can easily separate items placed in the bin, says Jay Simmons, packaging product development manager from North Pacific ...

and many people around the U.S. were starting to realize that very little plastic was actually getting recycled. Metzger found places that would actually take some of the products people were ...

PMM, Recycling Today's partner in producing Plastics Recycling, talks with Emily Friedman of ICIS about the impacts that ...

This article details how Aramco is using recycled plastic waste in the construction of new highways and the program aims to ...

ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...

Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their ... Considering that only one-tenth of all plastic waste is recycled, new technologies that can help tackle this growing problem ...