The wastewater from your home – much like paper and plastic – can be recycled. This is done by sending it, including sewage, either to centralised municipal recycling plants, to local neighbourhood ...

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 and Hiroko ...

You might think that if we’re going to drink recycled wastewater, we should throw as many regulations at it as possible. But a mound of stipulations and fail-safes won’t do anyone any good if they ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Scientists have discovered that recycled plastic contains a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that can seep into water. These substances are affecting the genes linked to fat ...

If you were to drink improperly recycled toilet water, it could really hurt you — but probably not in the way you’re thinking. Advanced purification technology so thoroughly cleans wastewater of feces ...

Phoenix’s effort to send ultra-purified recycled water directly to taps could be among the largest in the world. And that could profoundly impact our water future — even if this new supply may become ...

Sergio Vila Tojo receives funding from the H2020 Run4Life project, financed by the European Commission. The research in this article has been carried out as part of the project. The wastewater from ...