As a plastic waste plant violates pollution rules, its owner vies for second location to become a major player in so-called ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

For years, people have been trying to find the best ways to recycle plastic. "We've heard a lot in the news about plastic ...

An idea the EPA is floating—to stop classifying a plastics recycling technology as a type of incineration—would ease ...

Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also ...

Confused over what plastics you can recycle? There’s reasons for that. And our local waste stream, with an upgraded Santa ...

Most people assume that if it looks like plastic or cardboard, it's fair game, but a single grease-soaked pizza box or a ...

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 are ...

A group of researchers at the University of Manitoba are studying ways to address the growing problem of plastic waste around ...

A nurse at UnityPoint Health Meriter has diverted over 1,200 pounds of plastic waste from landfills since starting her ...