This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...

Recovery rates for plastic film jumped between 2022 and 2024, but bottles were recovered for recycling at lower rates than ...

A. J. Jacobs, writer for The New York Times, shared his attempt to avoid plastic in an article published Jan. 15, 2023: “On the morning of the day I had decided to go without using plastic products—or ...

When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded ...

Most of us grew up sorting our trash with the quiet confidence that the plastic we set out on the curb would find a second life. The recycling symbol, with its three chasing arrows, felt like a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been known to rescue recyclables ...

Polystyrene — the plastic America loves to hate — wants a second chance. Used in foam cups, packaging peanuts and the molded ...

Considering the climate crisis and worldwide plastic pollution, many people believe that recycling materials, in particular plastic, is the solution to our problems. Recycling can reduce resource use, ...

Plastics recycling is evolving but still faces major challenges as material types are more varied and complex than ever. This complexity often creates issues in sorting, making it difficult for ...

A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction blocking an important California law from going into effect. SB 343 aimed to ...

Here are the facts about how to recycle greasy pizza boxes and plastic bags in Outagamie, Brown and Winnebago counties. Only ...

After the scheme collapsed in 2022, many Australians were left wondering what to do with their bread bags, chip packets and cling wrap. The good news? A new national soft plastics recycling scheme is ...