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

Discover how builders are turning plastic waste into high-performance construction materials. Learn about the methods, ...

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

At Pittsburgh’s Reclamation Factory, Georgia Crowther aims to use automation to turn waste into park benches, playgrounds and more.

Unlike traditional recycling, the Northwestern method is safer, cheaper, and more sustainable, eliminating the need for toxic ...

Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons ...

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates. View on ...

You can help the recycling process by taking a few minutes to wash off food waste, avoiding putting plastic bags in your recycling bin and, importantly, paying attention to what can and cannot be ...

Plastic waste is a weighty concern for members of Latrobe’s Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church. Since last May, the church ...

Rules for recycling vary by city, so that's something to consider before you toss thin plastics, glass, or even your pet food bag into your bins.

Using information from the Plasteax data platform, the report theoretically shows how strategic mechanical and chemical recycling capacity growth could address mismanaged plastics.

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