"Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.

If you’re used to recycling, you know that there are many rules for what goes in the recycling bin depending on where you live. They’re ever-changing, which can lead to confusion. (We can only imagine ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

Inside landfills, researchers have found rare but naturally occurring enzymes that break down plastic. By tweaking one of these enzymes, scientists at Carbios, a France-based startup, have figured out ...

If you look at the tag on a piece of clothing, you might see “recycled polyester” listed as one of the materials. Most recycled polyester that we use comes from plastic water and soda bottles! Using ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." A research team led by ...

The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled ...

Exclusive: Cove has developed a fiber-based bottle platform that is designed to be recycled like paper. They plan to make ...

To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a manufacturer's word, there isn't an easy way to verify this ...

Sanjay Mhaskey's insights on rewarding waste collection, ensuring traceability, and building circular economies for sustainability.

View post: Mini Has Lots of Lease Deals for 2026 Cooper this December Michelin says its goal of “achieving 40% sustainable materials (of renewable or recycled origin) by 2030 and 100% by 2050” is one ...

For too long, the fashion industry has contributed to the environmental problems that continue to make the world a polluted place. This RAFFAUF clothing collection made with plastic bottles shows how ...