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

The vast majority of plastic that people put into recycling bins is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling in the U.S. The report cites ...

In Portage County, people can recycle plastic containers marked with numbers 1, 2 or 5, but only if they meet specific ...

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

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

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In a recent article published in Chem Catalysis, researchers addressed the persistent challenge of plastic waste management by exploring advanced catalytic strategies to convert polyethylene into ...

Eni S.p.A.’s E chemical unit, Versalis, and Prysmian S.p.A., a leading provider of energy solutions and telecommunications systems in Italy, have joined forcesto create a circular economy for plastic ...

The European Union has unveiled proposals to help the bloc's plastic recycling sector, which is struggling against ...

The vast majority of plastic that people use, and in many cases put into blue recycling bins, is headed to landfills, or worse, according to a report from Greenpeace on the state of plastic recycling ...