How will the new recycling scheme involving Woolworths, Coles and Aldi work? And what are some upsides for shoppers if we had ...

Recycling of multilayer plastic packaging materials by solvent-targeted recovery and precipitation. Science Advances, 2020; 6 (47): eaba7599 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba7599 ...

A study out of Scotland has found that the plastic recycling process produces large quantities of microplastics, which then get washed into city water systems or the ocean.

SAN JOSE (KPIX) - The city of San Jose is trying to lure a cutting-edge recycling company to the area in hopes of building a facility that would recycle single-use and so-called dirty plastics.

Additionally, the cutting edge geometry and knife material play an important role. Selecting the right bevel option for the rotating knife, for example, based on plastic wall thickness, material type, ...

For a decade now, the metal, glass and plastic that New Yorkers put in blue recycling bins at their homes for pickup by the Sanitation Department has been taken by truck or barge to the privately-r… ...

One phrase that’s become quite contentious is the “full life cycle” of plastic. Basically, some groups are hoping to go ...

It's part of the goal to cut single-use plastic for packaging and food service ware by 25% within eight years. Officials say packaging is one of the major contributors to climate and trash pollution.

The “Paris agreement for plastic” was set to be finalized at the end of this week. But after a week and a half of intense ...

The plastics industry has long hyped recycling, even though it is well aware that it’s been a failure. Worldwide, only 9 percent of plastic waste actually gets recycled.

In the 70 years that plastic has been around, humans have created 9 billion tons of it -- most of which still exists. Are the existing strategies for tackling plastic pollution -- namely reusing ...

As the Environmental Protection Agency grapples with how to meet its goal of a 50 percent U.S. recycling rate by 2030, it's wading through some starkly different viewpoints on what role chemical ...