A story of innovation where recycled plastic waste is transformed into Bluetooth speakers and affordable prosthetic sockets, ...

Two industry groups release reports on flexible plastic waste solutions targeting North America and European markets ...

European nations voted Friday to allow for chemical recycling to play a larger role in the production of plastic bottles, ...

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste's report on "The Challenges and Solutions for Flexible Plastic Packaging Waste" offers ...

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

But this breakthrough doesn't stand alone; recent developments in plastic science and recycling include pyrolysis research to ...

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.