Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products. To encourage more recycling, some countries are taxing single-use plastic ...

EU legislation requires plastic packaging to be recyclable by 2030. Different types of plastic packaging will then have to contain a certain percentage of recycled material (recyclate). The ultimate ...

Currently, mechanical recycling — in which plastic is physically recycled through sorting, washing and grinding — is the dominant method, accounting for 21% of Japan’s plastic waste processing.

The plastic "cloth" is more environmentally-friendly than natural fibres, and can be recycled, they say. Dr Svetlana Boriskina, from the department of engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of ...

The European Commission wants to reduce the environmental impact of packaging by mandating that producers use a minimum amount of recycled plastic in new packaging placed on the market. The EU is ...

Don't through away those plastic bags! Reuse them, turn your old shopping bags into a cool new kite by following these instructions. Feed some string through a new straw (Leaving about 10cm either ...

But what does that really mean? Where is it coming from? There are three main ways plastic ends up in the oceans: Throwing plastic in the bin when it could be recycled Plastic you put in the bin ends ...

Disposable health care items usually consist of several types of plastic that cannot be recycled with today's technology. In addition, the items must be considered contaminated after use ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste ...

The volume of e-waste produced around the world each year is set to more than double to 110 million tonnes by 2050 Plastic in waste ... on the benefits of recycled plastics in electronics ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...