Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers, making it too complex for the usual recycling method.

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

According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council says its multi-year research into chemical recycling for healthcare packaging shows ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

Lacking vegetation, the birds populating the canals of the Netherlands' capital use refuse to build their nests; a ...

Achieving near-total plastic circularity is not only feasible, it is the most cost-effective and humane path forward in a ...

Nexergy Holdings PLC is establishing a new technology incubator at the Materials Processing Institute (MPI) at Middlesbrough, ...

Homes would need to separate dry paper and cardboard into one bin and other recyclable materials like plastics, glass and ...

The rate of recycling had barely budged even as plastic production had exploded, presenting a "pressing global environmental ...

State officials have reported some progress getting people to divert things out of the waste stream, but CT’s trash problem ...