Lorain County’s plastic bag recycling contest kept nearly 300 pounds out of landfills and rewarded schools with recycled ...

Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Akron have published research in Chemical Engineering Journal about a new technology that ...

This new technology could significantly improve recycling outcomes. Researchers make groundbreaking discovery that could ...

The Lorain County Solid Waste Management District’s Plastic Bag Recycling Collection Contest successfully diverted hundreds of pounds of plastic grocery bags from landfills, the district reported.

Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

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The St. Louis-based packaging firm says it diverted 500 tons of expanded polystyrene (EPS) plastic from landfills last year.

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.

On trails in Grand Canyon National Park, I mostly pick up empty water bottles. It seems a job that will never be obsolete. Shouldn’t we have learned by now that refilling water bottles is the way ...

Learn how UNR’s Environmental Health & Safety supports plastic film recycling with new campus drop‑off locations and ...

California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering law, and a new report on the dismal state of recycling in the state, shows ...