Amid increasing concern related to plastic bag and film recycling, Trex Company is making it easier than ever for Americans ...

On a recent Saturday morning, dozens of people lined up, many wearing plastic gloves with carts nearby, waiting to begin.

It’s made of easy-to-clean plastic that can handle a few dings, and it is lightweight enough to carry to a drop-off site. Before testing the OXO bin, I considered myself a freezer-only composter ...

Ridwell is going door to door in the Bay Area and Los Angeles, gathering hard-to-recycle items for a fee and picking up where ...

Each year the world produces around 400 million tonnes of plastic waste, much of it discarded after just a few minutes of use.

A new interactive map has laid bare Britain's bin postcode lottery where some families ... Each week binmen collect food waste from green caddies; paper, plastic and metals and glass in separate ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Eleven years ago, Stephen West was ...

Learn more. How to make the black plastic on your car look new again. All plastics eventually fade when exposed to the environment, but if your car’s trim is starting to look gray and sad ...

Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing.

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell ...

plastics, batteries, textiles, waste electrics and coffee pods. The Conservative government pledged not to introduce legislation that would require households to have at least seven bins ...

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a ...