Austrian recycling technology provider says its polycondensation process has received a positive opinion statement from the ...

A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental ...

Granted, the success of recycling plastic is abysmal — the U.S. rate is roughly 7% — but in theory it can be done. So, I was delighted when I learned that Tucson, Arizona, where I live, was starting a ...

If you have been to a convenience site to drop off recyclables in the last week or so you may have been frustrated by being ...

Plastic waste remains an unsolved and a fast-growing environmental challenge, calling for breakthroughs in recycling technologies. Now, researchers from Korea have discovered that adding water to ...

So they turned the problem into a business venture, called GreenLabs Recycling, with a goal of putting the discarded plastic to productive use. Now, under the leadership of chief executive Sam ...

It's a hard plastic signified by the number "1" inside the triangle. Once a PET bottle goes to a recycling plant, Exchange for Change's Ms Smalley said, they're "sorted, washed and shredded into ...

Legislators in Trenton, however, appear inclined to put some limits around it, arguing that plastics made from chemical recycling should not count toward measuring recycled content in packaging.

Mitsui Chemicals America, Inc. announces they have been formally recognized by the Association of Plastic Recyclers (APR) for meeting the highest criteria ...

known as "Simpler Recycling" which are due to come into force next year, says a Newcastle University report. The UN's new plastics treaty is about to be finalized—marking a crucial opportunity ...