Of the record volumes of plastic being produced, less than 10% is made into something new. Is it time to rethink recycling?It is often said that the world cannot recycle its way out of the plastic ...

Recycling plays a crucial part in our daily lives by keeping the environment clean. It is simple and yet free. Recycling helps prevent waste from going to landfills, reduces pollution and saves energy ...

Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.

A new tax on manufacturers of packaging could hit consumers. (Getty) A new tax which forces retailers to pay for materials such as plastic used in packaging could mean even higher food prices for ...

Plastic waste has long outpaced our ability to deal with it, largely because the most common packaging plastics are hard to ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

After finishing a plastic bottle of water, I scan the area for the classic three-arrow recycling symbol to do the right deed. Clutching my empty bottle with eco-friendly fuel, I finally find a ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

Last August, my team at Air Alliance Houston placed Airtag trackers in single-use plastic waste deposited at various city of Houston municipal recycling drop-off sites. We had been told the plastic ...

The first refinery built along the Houston Ship Channel in 1918 shut down its petroleum production this spring, laying off hundreds of workers, but owner LyondellBasell had no intention of closing the ...