Most of us grew up sorting our trash with the quiet confidence that the plastic we set out on the curb would find a second ...

In the future, microorganisms could help return hard-to-recycle plastics to the recycling loop. Nick Wierckx, a molecular ...

Plastics processed through Louisville's recycling program were sent to a controversial "chemical recycling" plant in Ohio for ...

You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that there are other ways to get rid of the stuff.

A new analysis released by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) claims if just 50 percent of plastics in the municipal solid waste stream were redirected from landfills to recycling facilities, the ...

That plastic grocery bag sitting under the sink may look harmless. It is light, useful, and easy to forget. But once it lands ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...

In an annual report to its stakeholders, Singapore-based group says it helped divert and add value to nearly 128,000 metric tons of discarded plastic through 2023. Among cities hosting Alliance to End ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

Barcode readers excel at quickly identifying groceries and other products. Could a similar idea work at industrial recycling ...