A groundbreaking plastic made with E. coli can be infinitely recycled and outperforms traditional fossil fuel-based plastics.

A study raises concerns that recycled plastic containing flame retardants, initially used in electronics, are being reused in ...

Countries like Malaysia import many metric tons of plastic waste from Europe each year, paying a few pennies per kilo. This ...

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In ...

In this issue, we cast an eye on whether recycling ocean plastic could be an opportunity for the packaging industry, the ...

“Because polypropylene and polyethylene are among the most difficult and expensive plastics to separate from each other in a ...

POLYWOOD is about as close to indestructible a material as you can get for outdoor furniture. Made in the USA from recycled high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic, it requires almost no upkeep.

Findings presented this week in the journal Chemosphere show that a variety of household products made with recycled black plastic — including food service ware, kitchen utensils, and toys ...

“To the extent they get recycled, a lot of polyethylene plastics get turned into low-grade materials. You can’t take a plastic bag and then make another plastic bag with the same properties ...

Crisp Malt and TerraCycle have launched the Freight Recycling Programme, which seeks to help brewers and distilleries recycle ...

THE SUIT SAYS THAT THE COMPANY PROMISED TO USE THE RECYCLED PLASTIC TO MAKE NEW PLASTIC, USING LESS FOSSIL FUEL IN THE LONG RUN, BUT THE COMPLAINT SAYS THAT ON AVERAGE, ONLY ABOUT 5% OF U.S ...