Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

Recycling and upcycling efforts are intensifying as the most viable options for managing plastic wastes, with radiation technologies emerging as an innovative, clean and efficient tool to convert used ...

This week on the show, Conan Smith from the Michigan Environmental Council joined to discuss the most impactful way to recycle in Michigan.

Collecting material from 130 of these small batteries provides enough recyclable material for one EV battery, according to ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10 percent with most new plastic still made ...

A law passed in 2022 required producers of plastic foam foodware to demonstrate a recycling rate of 25% by 2025 to continue ...

The award recognized Nextek's COtooCLEAN technology, which uses a waterless cleaning and decontamination process to produce food-grade recycled materials from postconsumer plastic film. “COtooCLEAN ...

For years, local governments and manufacturers have relied on recycling as the answer to keep plastic waste from accumulating. However, despite their efforts to sort and separate recyclables ...