Some items you can recycle in one city may be prohibited in another. Batteries, plastic bags, small appliances, and more may not be allowed.

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

The U.S. produced an estimated 600 million tons of construction and demolition debris in 2018, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's most recent estimates. Nearly 25% of that debris ended ...

New federal bill would create uniform recycling definitions and boost advanced recycling technology across US markets ...

The UK has issued updated guidance explaining which plastic packaging can realistically be collected, sorted and reprocessed through existing recycling infrastructure.

Creality Filament Maker M1 and Shredder R1 turn plastic scraps into new filament reels; recycled filament can cost just $5 ...

The construction industry is one of the most polluting due to its high contribution to CO2 emissions. In addition to its significant environmental cost, its materials are made from nonrenewable ...

Conventional PCB manufacturing—which is wasteful, energy intensive, and harmful to the environment—increasingly calls for electronics recycling to reduce material waste and energy requirements through ...

Many of us have watched our recycling bins get picked up weekly and dumped into the back of a truck never to be seen again. But just how much of that actually gets recycled? That's the question one ...

Machinery Partner researched common materials contractors and DIY-ers alike can recycle and repurpose for more sustainable building. - Lea Rae // Shutterstock Machinery Partner researched common ...