New bill aims to boost plastic recycling by removing regulatory barriers that have slowed industry investment and growth ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

As the agency struggles to address low recycling rates, it argues updates to the iconic chasing arrows recycling symbol would reduce “consumer confusion.” EPA is urging the Federal Trade Commission to ...

From electronic scrap to bulk shipping bags, shredders are finding new roles in the globally expanding plastic recycling sector. Big bags, also known as FIBCs, are usually made of polypropylene and ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is expanding its Recycling is Real advocacy campaign in a new video series spotlighting the recycling work taking place at Plastic Ingenuity in Madison, WI ...

Have you tossed plastic into a recycling bin recently? There’s a large chance that material won’t be recycled. That’s ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

Analysis by IDTechEx says technological refinement and commercial scaling are among the challenges still being confronted in the chemical recycling subsector. Polypropylene is among the resin types ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

A Texas environmentalist curious about the fate of her city's recycling dropped Apple AirTags in with her plastics to see what happened to them after they were picked up. Brandy Deason, a climate ...

A debate over packaging recycling in the Washington state legislature is drawing major interest from industry, as lawmakers examine competing bills that would put fees on companies to support ...