Barcode readers excel at quickly identifying groceries and other products. Could a similar idea work at industrial recycling ...

Plastic waste has long been viewed as one of the world's most persistent environmental challenges. Yet researchers have now ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of plastic waste are generated worldwide every year. Scientists are working tirelessly on new methods to recycle a large proportion of this waste into high-quality ...

Jason Boock and Jason Berberich, both professors of Chemical, Paper, and Biomedical Engineering at Miami University, are researching methods to produce an enzyme that has large potential to change how ...

The global consulting firm says collecting and reprocessing more discarded plastic automotive components should be feasible. The company says two of the biggest opportunities to access more ...

In 2018 alone, over 3 million tons of plastic bags, sacks, and wraps in the United States were sent to landfills ...

A US nationwide bottle deposit program could increase recycling of PET plastic to 82 percent, with nearly two-thirds of all PET bottles being recycled into new bottles, at a net cost of just a penny a ...

Belgium-based De Smet Engineers & Contractors (DSEC) has agreed to provide project management and engineering services, including procurement assistance, for Carbios’ planned plastics recycling ...

You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that there are other ways to get rid of the stuff.

Pizza Hut and Anchor Packaging earn the 2026 APR Recycling Leadership Award for their sustainable Wing Bowl design innovation ...

That plastic grocery bag sitting under the sink may look harmless. It is light, useful, and easy to forget. But once it lands ...