A UMD professor is working to make drainage infrastructure more sustainable by using recycled plastics in pipes.

Leaders of a Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council project in 2026 want to empower hospitals to divert more material through ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 10, 2026 / As global conflict and geopolitical instability continue to ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups. This product is made with XX% recycled plastic. Verifying such ...

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number. Getty Images / Os Tartarouchos No matter how hard we ...

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Now, as oil prices fluctuate and remain elevated relative to past lows, virgin resin prices are rising and becoming more volatile. This volatility reduces predictability for manufacturers and opens a ...

If those old plastic pots are piling up in your garden shed, bundle them into your car. There's a place in most towns and ...

California milk cartons may lose their coveted recycling symbol, the one with the chasing arrows, potentially threatening the existence of the ubiquitous beverage containers. Car manufacturers in ...

The recycling world has become a dangerous maze of good intentions gone wrong. What many people don't realize is that contamination rate in recycling bins is estimated at around 16-25%, with some ...

Imagine you’re filling up 100 bags of coffee. You’re using beans from a few different providers — 10 percent of the beans they sent you are decaffeinated and the rest are caffeinated. However, you ...