This legal action sets a precedent for other state attorneys general to follow. As the litigation piles up on big oil for ...

For more information, here's which takeout containers are recyclable. Recycling plastic might be more difficult than you think. You need to rinse out any food and liquids (other than water ...

found in plastic bags, bottles, toys, and even mulch. Polypropylene and polyethylene can be recycled, but the process can be ...

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its ...

Most people are trying their best to recycle plastic - but the many different ways in which recycling is collected by councils across the UK has left them confused over what can be recycled and ...

Global organization says worldwide action is needed “across the plastics life cycle” to help nearly eliminate plastic ...

This advancement could prove pivotal in tackling one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges: plastic waste.

Exxon Mobil has touted 'advanced recycling' as a groundbreaking technology that will turn the tide in the plastic crisis.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

Their use has increased sharply in recent years, and there are currently no methods for recycling such plastic medical waste. Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden ...

But avoid recycling mail that includes foils, metalized stamping or plastic laminations. Anything covered in glitter also shouldn’t be put in the recycling bin. If envelopes have plastic address ...

A Texas environmentalist curious about the fate of her city's recycling dropped Apple AirTags in with her plastics to see what happened to them after they were picked up. Brandy Deason, a climate ...