It's easy to believe this common myth about recycling food plastic, but it's actually causing more harm to the environment ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to stick ...

Some items recycle easily: Milk jugs, plastic clamshell containers (depending on where you live), clean aluminum foil, and plastic water bottles with the caps on. Common recycling mistakes: Plastic ...

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.) ...

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Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." A research team led by ...

If you live in one of the 10 U.S. states with a bottle deposit program, you’re probably familiar with the idea of feeding your empty plastic bottles or aluminum cans into a machine and getting a few ...

Learn how to recycle plastic bottles into usable 3D printer filament using simple tools and smart techniques. This step by ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...