Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Currently, most plastic products are derived from freshly extracted fossil fuels, ...

Most plastic products, by contrast, can be reprocessed only once — if at all — by turning them into lower quality products ...

The plastic CamelBak bottles displayed in a Target in East Hanover, New Jersey, offer a promise to ecologically conscious buyers. On the front of each is a bright blue sticker with the words “Tritan ...

Plastic is fed into a shredder before being ground down into smaller pieces and melted, on Feb. 22 at Plastic Recycling of Iowa Falls in Iowa Falls. The company uses recycled plastic material — ...

Recycled plastic pellets from polyethylene (PE) can be used when making a water bottle for instance. But we can never have full knowledge of what chemicals will end up in an item made of recycled ...

A recent study that recommended toxic chemicals in black plastic products be immediately thrown away included a math error that significantly overstated the risks of ...

We may earn a commission from links on this page. Microsoft today announced a new and very cool Xbox controller: the “Remix Special Edition”, which is (partly, at least) made up of recycled plastic.

Cleveland company says its OnColor line is made from recycled content, including a carbon black substitute derived from scrap tires. Avient says its OnColor REC Polymer Colorants line has been ...

BOSTON, Jan. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Chemical recycling end-of-life plastic has its champions and its critics. IDTechEx does not believe these advanced recycling solutions are the much-promised ...

The European Commission has set out its plans to pursue a circular economy for plastics in 2026, such as proposing a Circular Economy Act, enforcing end-of-life criteria for mechanical recyclate, and ...

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 ...