The ubiquitous plastic beverage bottle makes up about half of plastic waste collected for recycling in the U.S. Most recycled ...

Whether driven by law or by local initiative, the result is the same: sustainability is no longer a “nice-to-have”, it is ...

When Ohioans drop in or drop off their recyclables, they might not realize that in addition to diverting trash from the landfill, they are also supporting jobs, consumers and Ohio’s economy. In fact, ...

Sanjay Mhaskey's insights on rewarding waste collection, ensuring traceability, and building circular economies for ...

The Cincinnati Recycling & Reuse Hub will start charging a fee Jan. 1, 2026 for dropping off general recyclable items. At a ...

A new water bottle from a startup called Cove looks like it’s made from ordinary plastic. But it’s the first of its kind to be made from a blend of PHA, a type of bio-based plastic that’s designed to ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

PROVIDENCE – Looked at one way, Rhode Island isn’t doing a bad job with recycling. More than 70,000 tons of paper, plastics, glass and metals were sorted at the state’s central recycling center and ...

A bail of crushed plastic bottles awaits shipping to a recycler at the Willimantic Waste Paper Company, a materials recovery facility (MRF) that sorts single stream garbage into its original ...

DHAKA, Dec 8, 2025 (BSS) – A Dhaka hotel has turned used plastic bottles into a radiant Christmas tree, transforming waste ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom will soon decide on a bill that would set new recycling goals for plastic food and beverage containers at a cost to farmers, grocers and restaurants. This week's Open Mic guest is ...