Plastic containers aren't very environment-friendly. Before you throw them out, know that you can reuse them as convenient ...

Recycling is one answer to the growth in plastic waste but treating “wash water” used to clean recycled plastic before re-use can produce safer recycled ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something ...

This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media ...

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.