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

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

Recycling plastic is a great way to reduce environmental impact. Plastic is one of the most commonly used materials, yet when it ends up in the landfill, it can take up to 500 years to break down, ...

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

In a new partnership, the York Revolution and CRDC will turn WellSpan Park's plastic waste into RESIN8, a construction material.

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 ...

However, as the year moves closer to its midway point, many brands have not met their 2025 goals. A panel at the Plastics Recycling Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, recently addressed the ...

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, ...