Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

Irving, Texas — The word of the day is heuristics. Shira Abel says that phrase can help packaging recyclers, including those handling plastic packaging, increase consumer participation in efforts to ...

Here's the deal: Recycling isn't just about good intentions. It's requires a little prep work, too, which includes actually rinsing out that soda can, taking the plastic handle off that old busted pan ...

I used to be that person who obsessively rinsed out jars and separated every tiny piece of paper from plastic. You know the type: feeling virtuous every time I dragged the blue bin to the curb, ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient. They ...

The use of plastic has skyrocketed over the past decade. Recent statistics reveal that in 2021, each person in the European Union (EU) generated an average of 36 kg of plastic packaging waste.

When: 6:30-8:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 20. Where: Walking Mountains Science Center, 318 Walking Mountains Lane, Avon. Cost: Free, $5 donation suggested. More ...