Is plastic recyclable? Learn about recycling codes for plastic, how many times can plastic be recycled, and types of plastic decomposition including bacteria-eating plastic and plastic-eating fungus ...

The world is drowning in plastic. Producers are peddling a “solution” that is more like an illusion. Is there anything more pathetic than a used plastic bag? But the plastics industry is working to ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

Plastic is everywhere, and most of it ends up in landfills or incinerated because recycling is excruciatingly difficult to do. Yet companies that rely on plastics production, including oil giant ...

Berkeley Lab scientists Brett Helms (left) and Corinne Scown hold samples of PDK plastic, a unique new material that can be recycled indefinitely – a vast improvement over traditional plastics, of ...

California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering ...

The Bel Air grocery store in the Pocket sells its own reusable bags for 10 cents. As of Jan. 1, the city of Sacramento bans grocery stores, large pharmacies and convenience stores from offering single ...

The Alpena County recycling center, Northeast Michigan Materials Management Authority (NMMMA), sold more tons of recycled ...

Learn how UNR’s Environmental Health & Safety supports plastic film recycling with new campus drop‑off locations and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Bel Air grocery store in the Pocket sells its own reusable bags for 10 cents. As of Jan. 1, the city of Sacramento bans ...

California has settled lawsuits with four plastic bag producers that were found to be violating a 2014 law that forbids the sale of single-use plastic bags, and is suing three others for the same ...