Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted three years ago.

Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn't yet found its footing.

Plastic has many benefits, but recycling it has many challenges, including energy and emissions.

Should we give up on recycling plastic? Globally, only 14 per cent of the plastic we use is recycled – but some countries achieve higher rates and new technologies could change the picture ...

Learn how to dissolve different plastics in just 5 minutes with these simple plastic recycling techniques. This video shows practical inventions for making liquid plastic in a home workshop or ...

Exxon Mobil has touted 'advanced recycling' as a groundbreaking technology that will turn the tide in the plastic crisis. California says it's a lie.

As Kinnaman discovered in a 2014 study – a complete life cycle analysis of the recycling process – it doesn't make much economic or environmental sense to recycle plastic and glass in much of ...

The move to recycling plastic is setting off a firestorm from local environmental and community groups who want a say in the future of the industrial site.

How can this be, given plastic’s baleful reputation? Because in evaluating emissions, the entire cycle of a product—from manufacturing to the end of its use—is ignored.

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the new ...

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

Rumpke Waste & Recycling is adding items you can put into your recycling bin starting Nov. 1 to include plastic carryout and produce containers.