Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

6. The 'Seedling' indicates the packaging it is stamped on is industrially compostable. Compostable plastics which carry this ...

This post comes to PBS Nature from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). WWF and Nature are collaborating on a series of blog posts from WWF conservation scientists that will share the stories and motivations ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

ALBANY — Frank Zeoli can’t believe some of the things people try to recycle. Plastic wrap. Children’s toys. Entire lamps. For all the efforts to promote the importance of recycling, there’s a dearth ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

Recycling is not a myth — it’s a movement that’s keeping materials in use, creating jobs and protecting Wisconsin’s ...

Addressing plastic pollution isn’t easy, especially when it comes to electronics plastics, but Synergy Electronics Recycling (SER), an end-of-life electronics recycler headquartered in Madison, North ...

DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) - Thanks to a grant, Scott County is collecting more polypropylene, a type of plastic used to package many everyday-use items. Before the grant, these items were picked up by ...