Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

Highlighting the Queen's researchers who are establishing a new gold standard in biochemical recycling and encouraging us to reconsider our use of plastics.

Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

The findings explain how most common plastics shed nanoscopic pieces into the environment – not just when they’re burned or crushed, but slowly and quietly, just by sitting out in the open.

Recycling massive wind turbine blades can be difficult because they're built from sturdy materials to weather the elements ...

According to the report, chemical recycling technologies could process this hard-to-recycle plastic, with the data highlighting regional disparities and the need for region-specific recycling ...

IRG cites Trump tariffs and the hold-up of a federal loan guarantee as reasons for canceling plans for a plastics recycling ...

WASHINGTON, April 17, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new report released today by the U.S. Plastics Pact urges a dual approach—ambitious voluntary action and bold public policy—to expand the use of ...

Food smeared onto plastic, labels, and other kinds of contamination further impede the process at recycling facilities. From an economic point of view, virgin plastic can often be cheaper to work ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...