Just one word: plastics. Two new reports demonstrate the importance of American plastics to the success of overall U.S. manufacturing and economic growth. And a third report foreshadows the next ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

Single-use plastic might just be the most insane act of collective self-harm humanity commits every single day. Each year, the United Nations Environment Programme estimates that we discard a ...

Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles. Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles, the Environmental Protection Agency says, with some becoming part ...

Despite more than 20 years of experience in sustainability and operations, Brittany LaValley, the vice president of materials advancement at The Recycling Partnership (TRP), says her journey to the ...

For over a decade, the plastics industry has conceded the narrative surrounding its products to anti-plastic advocates, allowing their perspective to dominate the conversation. Up to now, the industry ...

Cincinnati — Justin Riney is unapologetic about his love for plastics. But he also understands the company he works for makes plastics that are a target for detractors. As sustainability commercial ...

Last August, my team at Air Alliance Houston placed Airtag trackers in single-use plastic waste deposited at various city of Houston municipal recycling drop-off sites. We had been told the plastic ...

An economic analysis reveals that redirecting just half of America's plastic waste from landfills to recycling facilities could create more than 173,000 jobs and generate nearly $49 billion in annual ...

We’ve all heard about the importance of recycling – it’s a message that is constantly in front of us, whether it’s the triangular recycling symbol on packaging or an advertisement for an eco-friendly ...

When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...