The move would run counter to a Biden administration push to cut back on single-use plastic, which was considered a milestone ...

Buddhist monk Phra Mahapranom Dhammalangkaro is taking local action to upcycle Bangkok's plastic waste into brightly colored ...

Why they're a waste: Another popular product your plumber really hates? Drain cleaners such as Drano and Liquid-Plumr. The ...

Companies’ use of the word recycling to describe linear processes “does real harm,” Budris added. It “gives consumers a false ...

Say our families must survive before we think about schoolIncreasing necessity for many children to support their families has led to a noticeable rise in school-age children taking on menial jobs ...

The D.C. City Council introduced new legislation Jan. 15 to increase the cost of purchasing bottled beverages with the ...

Sorting out answers at Staten Island’s giant paper pulp vat and the massive sifter in Brooklyn — including why seeing metal thrown in the trash makes one waste expert “weak in the knees.” ...

Where do pizza boxes go? What exactly is rigid plastic? How clean do empty jars need to be? Relax, experts say.

Many items people throw in their blue recycling bin can't actually be accepted at the city's recycling facility. So what’s ...

Different types of trash are often tossed in, contaminating the potentially reusable plastic bottles ... research into chemical recycling, which can break down plastic into molecules for reuse.

Sweden has long had a can and bottle deposit system that gives people money back when they recycle – since 1984 for aluminium cans, and since 1994 for plastic bottles. Each year Swedes recycle more ...