The Environmental Protection Agency is reconsidering whether facilities that recycle plastic chemically should be held to the ...

When items travel along a conveyor belt at a sorting facility, they move past a fast-spinning magnetic rotor at the end. This ...

At least three dozen facilities will open their doors as part of the Recycling in Action campaign organized by the ...

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It was an "almost accidental" discovery, the photocatalyst they invented turned out to be robust enough to withstand the ...

If you toss anything you think is recyclable in your bin, it's time to stop that 'wish-cycling' habit because you're likely ...

Investigative journalist John Stossel investigates why recycling plastic is counterproductive. He speaks with science writer John Tierney about why it would be cheaper and more environmentally ...

Areas with less wealth and formal education often have fewer nearby facilities, making recycling more difficult and expensive ...

An idea the EPA is floating—to stop classifying a plastics recycling technology as a type of incineration—would ease ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...