Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...

It involves extending the lifecycle of single-use items to lengthen their usage before discarding or recycling them ... friendly option than the six-pack plastic rings in the wake of ongoing ...

Despite growing concern over the public health and environmental impacts of plastic pollution, the global recycling rate for this material has remained largely stagnant for years. Is it time to ...

Those blue recycling bins and chasing-arrow symbols gave us the illusion that the plastic we use is being recycled and repurposed. In reality, only 5-6% of plastic in the U.S. is actually recycled ...