You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / The old plastics economy was built on one assumption: virgin ...

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 27, 2026 / Plastic was once treated as the cheapest material in the world.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Most black plastic containers are non-recyclable. Takeout containers are becoming more eco-friendly, but there are still some that ...

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 ...

"We have to accept the fact these materials are not being recycled." ...

Two big moves from state officials this week target the future of recycling. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning the use of plastic bags, and Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil for ...

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