Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your climate impact. But recycling plastic will not address the ...

The Ocean Recovery Alliance, headquartered in Hong Kong, has released “Towards Circular Plastics: Assessing the Impact of Recycling Technologies in Tackling Plastic Pollution,” a report that assesses ...

EVERY year, on March 18, the world comes together to celebrate Global Recycling Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of recycling and its role in preserving our planet.

It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Global organization says worldwide action is needed “across the plastics life cycle” to help nearly eliminate plastic pollution by 2040. The OECD report calls for policies such as plastic and ...

The landmark lawsuit is the first time a state has targeted an oil company over claims that recycling could solve the plastic pollution crisis. California in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit alleges the ...

Oregon is working on modernizing its recycling system so residents can trust the items they're recycling are actually recyclable. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Editor’s note: The Capital ...

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 PepsiCo and Coca-Cola companies have misled the ...

Blue Earth County’s potential construction of a refuse-derived fuel facility marks a crucial moment for local waste policy. It is quite reassuring that, as the county plans for the period following ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon is working on modernizing its recycling system so residents can trust the items they're recycling are actually recyclable. ...

Starting this summer, Oregonians across the state will begin to receive a standardized list of what can and cannot be recycled statewide, and owners and managers of apartment complexes and multi-unit ...