Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

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, ...

Last August, I learned of a new study that revealed that the human brains studied were nearly 0.5% plastic by weight. Let ...

Tossing takeout containers into the recycling bin feels like the right move, but looks can be deceiving. A lot of food ...

A short-finned pilot whale (Globicephala macrorhynchus) became the latest marine mammal to fall victim to plastic pollution ...

With the Islamic month of Ramadan now over, a familiar sight has returned to the streets of daytime Jakarta: street vendors ...

"This will be my new hobby." Home cook shares game-changing tip to reuse old food container lids: 'Genius' first appeared on ...

One creative gardener shared a brilliant recycling hack that helps other plant lovers make the most of their household products.

Most of this is recycled in the UK, with just 13% travelling outside the UK and EU to be recycled, according to the National ...

The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) reacted positively to the CalRecycle announcement, saying that ...

The disposal of food containers and packaging materials during Qing Ming Festival (Chinese All Souls' Day) has lessened over ...