When the Center for Climate Integrity released its report about plastic recycling, one might have expected the environmentalist non-profit to encourage the practice. Anyone raised in the late-20th and ...

You toss that yogurt container into the recycling bin. It feels good, right? You're doing your part for the environment.

Many disposable objects are made of black plastic, which has so far proven to be very hard to recycle. US scientists have devised a new method of recycling black polystyrene, however, simply using ...

Plastic is just about everywhere, and there’s going to be a lot more of it. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects global plastic use to triple by 2060. So what are we to do ...

One category of recyclables may even lose its recycling symbol altogether.

When Nestle SA tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use plastic “designed for” recycling ...

Earth Day’s focus this week is on the planet versus plastics, with organizers stating their goal for the Earth to reduce plastic use by 60% by 2040. There’s little doubt that we are in a plastic waste ...

All day, people drive up to Tucson City Councilmember Steve Kozachik’s office in midtown, pull out bags of plastic garbage and dump them in a large, orange roll-off container. It’s been like this for ...

For years, Minneapolis has banned non-compostable, non-recyclable to-go containers. Starting Jan. 1, black plastic, which isn’t compatible with recycling equipment, was included in that ban’s ...

A bill proposed in the Minnesota Legislature last week would require all packaging in the state to be reusable, recyclable or compostable by 2032. The Packaging Waste and Cost Reduction Act (House ...

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