North American prices for industrial recycled polystyrene regrind is expected to remain steady throughout 2024.

Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities can't be recycled. Recycling plastic on your curbside isn't as simple as it used to be.

The state of Washington is fining companies, including Clorox and Ocean Spray, over not using enough recycled plastic in ...

Though some newer technologies have pushed the boundaries of what’s possible, these plastic-recycling techniques are inefficient and exist in such limited quantities that experts say they can ...

Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...

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 ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis ... you just can’t sell your [recycled material] at a price that makes sense to justify all that .... And that’s not really the fault ...

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 up in landfill. When rubbish is ...

Worldwide, only 9% of plastic waste is recycled — largely through mechanical processing, creating products like drainage pipes — and 19% is incinerated. The rest is either buried in landfills ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

Deep Green Waste & Recycling, Inc. operates as a waste and recycling company, designs and manages waste programs for commercial and institutional properties in the United States. It provides ...

Humans generate a lot of plastic waste—more than 400 million metric tons a year. To bring this fact a bit closer to home, the U.S. produced an average of 0.75 pounds of plastic waste per person ...