Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

Georgia Tech researchers used a device to test the reliability and strength of chopped-up sheets of recycled plastic. The video shows several stages as the plastic is torn apart, from initial ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS), Washington, has formed the Polystyrene Recycling Alliance (PSRA), a collaborative effort designed to unite the polystyrene (PS) and expandable polystyrene ...

We're kicking off today with a research theme. Scientists at West Virginia University, with help from a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, are using microwave irradiation to try to recycle ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...