Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...

The team converted would-be trash into recyclable treasure. Plastics are incredible materials with properties invaluable to the functioning of our modern world. They are strong, flexible, versatile, ...

A plastic sorting, recycling and reprocessing facility that was several years in the making has now opened in Hong Kong. Equipped for polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and high-density polyethylene ...

The National Waste & Recycling Association (NWRA), Arlington, Virginia, has released a paper called "Dispelling Plastics Recycling Myths.” “The goal of this white paper, and all our white papers, is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull ...

Scientists have developed a new method for recycling high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Institute for Cooperative Upcycling of Plastics (iCOUP) have ...

Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace USA report out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction.

Global demand for recycled materials is driving new supply-chain opportunities. Global brands are moving toward a more ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...