Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018, the most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan Dell is a former chemical engineer who has spent years telling an inconvenient truth about plastics. "So many people, they see ...

Manufacturers use method that labels plastic as ‘circular’ and climate-friendly, despite being mostly fossil-based ...

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.) ...

You know that little triangle with the number inside that you see on practically every plastic item you've ever touched? The ...

A Troubled Hog Farm in Wayne County, North Carolina, Is Hit With a New String of Violations With Waters Rising, Pennsylvania’s Historical Treasures Must ‘Adapt or Collapse’ Colorado River Negotiators ...

Walk into the grocery store and check the back of a container of food. Chances are, you’ll see a small box with instructions on how to dispose of the packaging when you’re finished with it: “empty & ...

A battle has been waging in Sacramento over whether beverage cartons — the ones used for milk, juice, broth, wine, even egg whites — should get the coveted chasing arrows recycling label. Earlier this ...

Flexible plastic recycling is no longer just a technical challenge. It has become a business imperative for brands, retailers ...

“The only thing being recycled are the false claims of the manufacturers,” said California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D). Democratic California Attorney General Rob Bonta sued three major plastic bag ...

Flexible plastic packaging now accounts for more than half of the global plastic packaging market, and volumes are expected to rise further.