What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects. "Many researchers ...

In the future, microorganisms could help return hard-to-recycle plastics to the recycling loop. Nick Wierckx, a molecular ...

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

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that there are other ways to get rid of the stuff.

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 ...

Barcode readers excel at quickly identifying groceries and other products. Could a similar idea work at industrial recycling ...

Plastic recycling was sold as the answer, but new data suggests the system may be failing far more waste than expected.

A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New York. Credit - Hulton Archive/Epics—Getty Images Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may ...

Hawaii researchers are giving old fishing nets and recycled plastic a second life by mixing them into asphalt roads. Early ...