A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

FFRA resource aims to increase consumer access to recycling collection points and plastic film recycling rates by providing ...

Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental ...

Granted, the success of recycling plastic is abysmal — the U.S. rate is roughly 7% — but in theory it can be done. So, I was delighted when I learned that Tucson, Ariz., where I live ...

FAILED NEGOTIATIONS AWARD: To delegates who tried to hammer out a United Nations plastics treaty in 2024 but failed to meet ...

If you have been to a convenience site to drop off recyclables in the last week or so you may have been frustrated by being ...

According to NAPCOR’s ‘2023 PET Recycling Report,’ the U.S. PET bottle recycling rate increased 4% from 2022 and is the ...

A global treaty to end plastic pollution is within reach, but action on chemicals, production and financing is critical.

Legislators in Trenton, however, appear inclined to put some limits around it, arguing that plastics made from chemical recycling should not count toward measuring recycled content in packaging.

It's a hard plastic signified by the number "1" inside the triangle. Once a PET bottle goes to a recycling plant, Exchange for Change's Ms Smalley said, they're "sorted, washed and shredded into ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to upcycle discarded plastics into new materials with enhanced properties. This innovation not only offers a potential solution to the global plastic ...

Other locations to recycle items on campus include battery recycling in the tech section of the Bronco Shop, glass recycling behind Selway Suites, the Clothing Closet in the Student Connections and ...