Nearly five years ago, the United States Department of Energy, or DOE, began an unusual partnership with the country’s largest lobbying group for the plastics industry.

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

Can you actually reuse plastic bags? Experts share how to safely reuse plastic bags and when to recycle instead.

After reading the first part of our recycling guide, you’re a sorting expert. You’ve put your pizza box in the paper ...

EPR implementation, organics requirements, bottle bill updates, PFAS regulation, federal tax credits and M&A are all expected ...

Two LSU researchers have created a new, low-cost way to recycle plastic, the university says. Why it matters: "By recycling ...

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

STUART — A four-year-old ban on the commercial use of plastic straws here may be on its way out ... citing a conversation he had years ago with Stuart's recycling director. If load of recyclables is ...

You'll know a piece of plastic is made of polypropylene if it has the number 5 inside the recycling triangle symbol. Polypropylene is commonly used in many different applications, including ...

urged Lee Zeldin, Trump's nominee to head the EPA, to put microplastics and chemical recycling high on his agenda. "We're learning more and more. We now have plastics in breast milk, plastics in ...

5. How do biobased plastics and recycling contribute to a sustainable society? Recycling plays a significant role in achieving plastic sustainability. It effectively uses plastic waste feedstock, ...