This project tackles plastic pollution by shredding HDPE plastic waste and melting it into new objects. Using a homemade oven ...

Knowing your symbols makes it easier to reuse and recycle. Groups 1, 2, and 5 are easy to recycle curbside, but groups 4, 6, and 7 are more difficult.

In this video, we demonstrate how to recycle plastic bottles and bottle tops into photo frames for your home. We created ...

Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...

The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues that reduce effectiveness.

A familiar scenario? You’ve picked clean a rotisserie chicken, and now you want to recycle its clear plastic dome and black base. Most every plastic container you bring home from the supermarket has a ...

Plastics recycler Envision Plastics is increasing production capacity of the company's EcoPrime brand of food-grade high density polyethylene by 50 percent through a multimillion-dollar expansion.

The Natura PCR film recycling facility in Texas represented a huge investment for the nation's largest solid waste management ...