They could sometimes mean a product isn’t recyclable in your area at all.

Hampton Roads residents aren’t against recycling — some just don’t know how to properly dispose of waste. Inspectors rooted through about 32,000 homes’ recycling carts last spring across James City ...

Scientists at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory created a plastic polymer database to help other researchers study plastics more efficiently. | PowerUp/Shutterstock A team led by U.S.

What if recycling plastics were as simple as flicking a switch? At TU/e, Assistant Professor Fabian Eisenreich is making that vision a reality by using LED light to both create and break down a new ...

Chemical recycling: Cutting-edge solution or sleight of hand? Chemical recycling, also dubbed ‘advanced recycling’ by the industry, uses chemicals, intense heat and/or pressure to break down plastic ...

Like common packaging plastics, polymers recovered from end-of-life electronics face weak demand, panelists said during the E-Scrap Conference this week ...

Infrastructure gaps, material complexity, and shifting economics slow progress, but new tools and policies are closing the ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

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 ...

Discover how the Thermo Scientific TM Process TM 11 and Process TM 16 extruders can aid in mechanical polymer recycling by helping define the optimal workflow and recycling parameters. Why is it ...