European nations voted Friday to allow for chemical recycling to play a larger role in the production of plastic bottles, ...

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ...

Eastman Chemical Company reported its lowest annual earnings in several years Thursday, despite growth in its recycled ...

With the rise of recycled content mandates and extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs, the market for recycled plastics is growing rapidly. Research from Fortune Business Insights projects ...

While plastics help enable modern standards of living, their accumulation in landfills and the overall environment continues to grow as a global concern. On August 19, a coalition of environmental ...

MIT aims to make house construction more sustainable by using discarded plastics to print structural components.

Plastic waste has long outpaced our ability to deal with it, largely because the most common packaging plastics are hard to ...

Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and less than 10% is recycled. Much of the rest ends up burned, buried or drifting through waterways, a problem that's only ...

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.

The producer responsibility organization for British Columbia will offer curbside options in the Central Okanagan region, as ...

The article discusses the challenges of recycling various takeout packaging materials and offers tips for proper disposal.