A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

Sorting plants in recycling usually do not recognize black plastic, which is why it is sorted out instead of being recycled.

The fire burning, the banjo playing, the stories, and the sweet aromatic smell of grains; there might not be anything more Americana than the moonshiner, risking it all to provide their families some ...

Manchester study argues recycling terms like upcycling mislead stakeholders and hinder sustainable plastic waste management progress ...

Reclaimers of a variety of resins talked about broader market struggles and considered ways to grow domestic demand for PCR.

A successful collaboration involving a trio of research institutions has yielded a roadmap toward an economically viable process for using enzymes to recycle plastics. Subscribe to our newsletter for ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

A$11.2m in joint federal and NSW funding will expand facilities to process hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics ...