Automotive plastics account for up to 18% of a car's mass, yet only a small share – less than one-fifth – is typically ...

As Colorado River States Struggle to Reach Agreement, New Mexico Brings on a Fresh Voice A Pipeline Company Says It Will Protect the Environment in North Carolina. Its Record in Tennessee Says ...

Scotland-based plastics recycling technology company ReVentas has signed an engineering and licensing alliance with KBR.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building blocks and turned into new plastics with all the properties of virgin material. There are hurdles still to overcome, but the new ...

Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in zebrafish larvae. Researchers warn that unknown and toxic additives make ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

Australia's soft plastics recycling industry is operating at nearly triple the capacity it was at now-collapsed national ...

Companies are stepping up efforts to cut waste from flexible plastic packaging as new environmental rules target one of the ...