While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers, making it too complex for the usual recycling method ...

Plastics have also eased the world’s reliance on older materials, and on the living beings from which many of them came.

Amazon has yet to set a deadline for when it will eliminate plastic-padded shipping bags, or make a commitment to eliminate the remaining single-use plastic used in its shipments, including other ...

The recycling symbol isn’t copyrighted, which means any plastic-producing company can slap it on their products, even if they aren’t recyclable. That piece of paper or plastic that we supposed ...

Harrogate-based independent recycling and waste management company, Clearpoint Recycling, has secured a “landmark” nine-figure contract with Cheshire-based, specialist polyethylene terephthalate (PET) ...

"[A] more elegant way to tackle plastic recycling issues." Researchers unveil bold new solution to tackle the world's growing trash crisis: 'Particularly exciting' first appeared on The Cool Down.

It’s bad enough that elderly residents must schlep their newspapers and bottles to basement recycling bins instead of simply using the trash chute—now they’re expected to haul bags of rotting food, ...

Hagan McEntee’s legislation — described as a so-called “bottle bill” — would impose at 10-cent deposit on the purchase of each bottled or canned beverage. That deposit would then be refunded if the ...

This is about residents of the state of Connecticut changing their behavior and making better decisions about material management, from their homes to the curb to the transfer station,” said ...

Pathway to Payday is a free four-day employment workshop series designed for community members and local businesses to ...

But tossing your glass in here is the easy part. Behind the scenes, local authorities and recycling companies scurry to collect these bottles and jars to transport them to a recycling facility. This ...