There is a glaring lack of tracking for global recycling. Poor waste management is deeply connected to climate change, plastic pollution and global nutrient imbalances globally. Subscribe to our ...

In the plastic recycling industry, the casualties keep coming. Waste management company Biffa's Sunderland plant closed in ...

MacroCycle's approach to recycling dramatically reduces the amount of energy needed to produce new material, potentially ...

The report says growth in U.S. plastic recycling could add more than 173,000 jobs and create $12.8 billion in annual payroll, ...

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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Every week, DeKalb County residents roll their blue bins full of recyclables to the curb, trusting that what’s inside won’t end up in a landfill. For years, that trust was shaken ...

Plastic is ubiquitous. Around 1m plastic water bottles are sold every minute and 5trn plastic bags are used around the world every year, according to the un’s Environment Programme. Half of all ...

At K 2025, the Alliance to End Plastic Waste engaged with new and existing partners to scale up circularity efforts, focusing ...

Recycling of plastics from cars faces technical and economic hurdles. A new industry coalition aims to tackle it, but admits ...

North Carolina residents only recycle 30% of their plastic bottles, the NC Department of Environmental Quality says. But did you know those who choose to throw them in the trash can are technically ...

Our new study set out to understand what happens to large pieces of floating plastic once they enter the ocean. We developed ...