Items made from black plastics, like spatulas, toys and take-out containers, may contain harmful chemicals from recycled ...

Miami Dade Commissioners are set to vote on a resolution to eliminate single-use plastics and styrofoam at county-owned ...

Most small plastics don’t get recycled, and putting them in your bins could end up doing more harm than good, experts say.

There is a strong recycling culture particularly when it comes to paper, glass and metal. Yet the majority of plastic waste still goes straight into incinerators or landfill. At TNO, we develop ...

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

on Feb. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles County is taking on Pepsi and Coke for their role in plastic pollution. In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, the county alleged ...

(For the plastic versions, you may not even know they’re made of recycled plastic; many of the more than 200 items tested weren’t labeled as made of recycled materials). “As businesses ...

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, recycling efforts for plastic increased significantly between 1980 and 2010. Although plastic production also increased, the percentage of ...

The suit is the latest in a series of high-profile legal actions California officials have taken against petrochemical corporations and plastic manufacturers. In September, state Atty. Gen.

In 2018, Turner published one of the earliest papers positing that black plastic products were likely regularly being made from recycled electronic waste. The clue was the plastic’s concerning ...

According to the International Alliance of Waste-pickers, workers collect around 60 per cent of all plastic that is destined for recycling globally. In line with the UN chief’s call for a just global ...