including shrink wrap. Here's a handy guide to what those plastic recycling numbers mean. (And yes, you should be paying close attention to them!) The main issue is that bubble wrap and other ...

has worked hard for 9 months to make a sheet plastics shredder for HDPE and LDPE from things like plastic bags, bubble wrap and air cushion packaging with the goal of recycling the shredded plastic.

“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...

Plastic wrap and zip-top storage bags can’t be recycled ... the latter of which is nearly impossible to recycle. Composition aside, their small size means most don’t make it through the ...

One word – plastics – was the career advice in the 1967 movie, “The Graduate.” Sixty years later, that advice is haunting us. We’re being buried by synthetic chemicals molded ...

Plastic bags and films can’t be recycled in a traditional curbside recycling bin, but there are still many opportunities for ...

The program's success is largely attributed to the dedication of volunteers Stephanie Stallsmith, Lori Hults, Bob Lenzi, and ...

One of the biggest recycling misconceptions is assuming the recycling facility can easily separate items placed in the bin, says Jay Simmons, packaging product development manager from North Pacific ...

Waqas Qureshi hears from WRAP how films create challenges that are more difficult to overcome than those for most other ...

Remove any plastic film and bubble wrap and take to a supermarket recycling point. North East Lincolnshire Council: Cardboard in blue bin, plastic in grey bin. If it can't be separated ...

The city of Lexington, Kentucky, has partnered with Winchester, Virginia-based Trex Co. Inc. to recycle plastic bags.