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

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, ...

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

ln response, large consumer-goods companies such as Nestlé, PepsiCo and Procter & Gamble are exploring new ways of recycling to transform waste back into feedstocks from which new plastic can be ...

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

I stashed all my trash for one week to assess where I could make sustainable swaps. Here’s what I changed to reduce my ...

All households will have to separate paper and card from glass, metal and plastic under new recycling rules coming next year.

The Government’s long-awaited packaging recycling scheme, due to come in to effect this autumn, will lead to a major increase ...

Plastic is not biodegradable. Instead of decomposing, it fragments into smaller pieces resulting in microplastics. These can be found literally everywhere, from the air we breathe to the oceans in ...

Why do plastic bags look and feel so different to plastic containers, such as soft drink bottles or yogurt tubs? The ...