DeKalb County has apparently reduced the kinds of materials that it accepts in its single-stream residential recycling ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline Plastics companies know about chemical recycling’s ...

A new depolymerization breakthrough now makes it possible to reverse-engineer plastic by chemically unzipping its molecular ...

Renée Sharp, director of plastics and petrochemical advocacy at the nonprofit Natural Resources Defense Council, called this ...

Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that material and ways engineering is trying to improve the process ...

Amazon’s Sustainable Materials Innovation Lab is trying to design a kind of plastic that's cleaner to make—and easier to ...

While Birmingham metro area residents may hope their recyclables will be reused, they're sometimes being turned into fuel.

ESA adds driving topics to safety campaign; WRAP rebrands ‘Textiles 2030’ initiative; ‘Reckless yobs’ cause removal of paper ...

Although less than 10% of plastic and scarcely 1% of synthetic textiles are recycled ... Ladent sums up: “We want to be a worldwide leader in plastic and textile recycling by 2035 and go beyond PET ...

Also known as chemical recycling, the term refers to ... Rollinson said the actual number for plastic consumer goods may be less than 1 percent. This is where mass balance comes in.

The city of Spokane promised to simplify recycling 13 years ago, telling residents they could dump aluminum cans, plastics, newsprint, paper, cardboard boxes, wine bottles and more into one large blue ...