Have you ever looked at an empty plastic container, assumed that it was recyclable, and thrown it in the trash like you’re a basketball star? Well, you might want to rethink that play. According to ...

Waste is a major problem in almost every country around the world, accounting for 3 per cent of yearly greenhouse emissions in the EU alone. Large landfill sites, often sited in developing countries, ...

Recycling can be confusing. Use these symbols to decode what and how best to recycle. Recycling is highly beneficial to the environment. It creates less waste and minimizes demand for raw materials ...

The Progressive Bag Affiliates has launched an initiative to promote bag recycling throughout the nation. Several of the country's biggest bag manufacturers will begin printing a message on their bags ...

Seeing recycling symbols on products these days is very common. However, a recycling symbol does not always mean that the material is recyclable. Recycling symbols were actually developed for ...

A survey in the United Kingdom found that recycling-related symbols placed on packaging are understood by most household consumers. When uncertain about which bin to use for a particular piece of ...

Only 4.7% of plastic produced by U.S. households in 2021 was recycled, according to a Greenpeace USA report. But that's not for lack of consumer participation. Greenpeace said most plastics simply ...

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 ...

In an initiative combining patriotism and sustainability, a Bengaluru-based school is preparing to unfurl a unique national flag made entirely from recycled plastic bottles on Republic Day. Led by the ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...