French environment services provider Veolia has invested 70 million pounds ($95 million) to build its largest yet plastic ...

The agency wants to stop using the “chasing arrows” logo on plastics that can’t be recycled. The man who designed it more than 50 years ago agrees that the symbol has been misused.

Researchers have demonstrated that E. coli can perform a biocompatible Lossen rearrangement, enabling phosphate-catalysed conversion of synthetic substrates into valuable compounds. This approach ...

Site manager Levar Davis points at bales of sorted plastic for recycling in a warehouse at Sierra Processing on Monday, Feb. 24, 2025, in Albany, N.Y.

Evaluating the environmental impact of plastic vs. glass bottles, this article explores production, reuse, and disposal for ...

Put simply, recycling PDK plastic allows the base material to be fully separated from any additional chemicals that were added later, giving the entirety of the plastic a new lease on life.

In testing their new catalyst technique, the team processed a variety of common waste plastic, including plastic bags, and was able to convert it with 92% efficiency.

But the reality of plastics recycling today doesn’t match up to that idea. Only about 10% of the plastic ever made has been recycled; the vast majority winds up in landfills or in the environment.

Since then, the chain has expanded to 535 locations and increased its sales 40%.That means that every day, millions of people take home some food wrapped in plastic from Whole Foods—but probably ...

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act, would require New York companies with more than $5 million in net income to reduce their use of plastic packaging by 30% over 12 years.

Green Recycle USA LLC, a startup company that collects and reprocesses industrially generated plastic scrap, is investing $4.3 million to equip its operation in an existing warehouse in Pittsylvania ...