An industry group that wants to improve the odds of successful curbside recycling for small plastic packaging like caps or pill bottles is eyeing an investment in California to prove out its plan. New ...

Sparsely populated states such as Montana and North Dakota have extremely limited recycling infrastructure. Wyoming has no large-scale plastic recycling facilities. Despite its large size, California ...

For decades, the economics of plastic have been tightly linked to oil. Virgin plastic is produced from petrochemical ...

A new University at Buffalo study finds that people in the United States generate similar amounts of plastic packaging waste regardless of income, education level or where they live. Yet wealthier and ...

Xycle, a plastics recycling startup based in the Netherlands, has secured financing to fund the construction of its first commercial-scale plant, with the funds coming from a combination of equity ...

A new UB study finds that people in the United States generate similar amounts of plastic packaging waste regardless of income, education level or where they live. Yet wealthier and more ...

Recycling processes are complex, raising many questions about chemical composition and mechanical recyclability. In this insightful interview, Dr. Madina Shamsuyeva from the IKK - Institute of ...

When it comes to recycling plastics, size matters. Most small plastics don’t get recycled, and putting them in your bins could end up doing more harm than good, said Susan Collins, president of the ...

It's commonly believed that recycling plastic waste on a large scale will have a positive impact on the environment, but the ...