When Nestle SA tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use plastic “designed for” recycling ...

Many disposable objects are made of black plastic, which has so far proven to be very hard to recycle. US scientists have devised a new method of recycling black polystyrene, however, simply using ...

Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo have joined forces to take on a pressing environmental problem ...

Plastic is just about everywhere, and there’s going to be a lot more of it. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects global plastic use to triple by 2060. So what are we to do ...

Before you take out the Thanksgiving trash and recyclables, watch out for the plastic bottle caps. Or better yet, send them to me. "Remove all caps, rings and pumps," reads the "What Can I recycle" ...

A months-long investigation involving ABC News and several affiliates found some plastic bags dropped off at retailers were not being recycled. SAN DIEGO (KGTV) — If you're ever out shopping, you know ...

Earth Day’s focus this week is on the planet versus plastics, with organizers stating their goal for the Earth to reduce plastic use by 60% by 2040. There’s little doubt that we are in a plastic waste ...

All day, people drive up to Tucson City Councilmember Steve Kozachik’s office in midtown, pull out bags of plastic garbage and dump them in a large, orange roll-off container. It’s been like this for ...

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Where do you recycle plastic stuff like sandwich bags, Saran wrap and plastic grocery store wrappers? Can they just go in with other plastics in the recycling bin? There never seems to be any ...