33 billion pounds of plastic enters our oceans annually. A local woman created a product we all use—using recycled plastic—to ...

Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

One possible solution that’s emerged in recent years is advanced recycling. Advanced recycling, also called chemical ...

Ten years after California approved a plastic bag ban that’s been blamed for making its plastic bag problem worse, the state is banning single-use plastic grocery bags entirely. In 2014, California ...

Plastic is everywhere, and most of it ends up in landfills or incinerated because recycling is excruciatingly difficult to do. Yet companies that rely on plastics production, including oil giant ...

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 ...

In the world of market competition, having the best and brightest package could send company sales into the millions. On the ...

The world is drowning in plastic. Producers are peddling a “solution” that is more like an illusion. Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag? But the plastics industry is working to ...

Until now, the certification effort had centred on PCR material made by recyclers in pellet or flake form.

Silica microspheres trap pigments in plastic, allowing repeated recycling at room temperature without quality loss or energy ...

The Newport Aquarium unveiled a sea turtle sculpture built entirely from 140 pounds of recycled plastic and materials ...