The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on ...

A new analysis released by the American Chemistry Council (ACC) claims if just 50 percent of plastics in the municipal solid waste stream were redirected from landfills to recycling facilities, the ...

An economic analysis reveals that redirecting just half of America's plastic waste from landfills to recycling facilities could create more than 173,000 jobs and generate nearly $49 billion in annual ...

Plastic recycling has fallen short. Only about 9% of all plastic is recycled globally, which sounds pretty bad until you compare it with textiles. Only 0.5% of those are recycled. One of the biggest ...

The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing three companies that allegedly distribute single-use plastic bags in violation of an 11-year-old state law. The lawsuit, filed in ...

California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced a lawsuit Friday against three plastic bag manufacturers for allegedly claiming their bags are recyclable when, in fact, they are not, thereby violating ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. SAN FRANCISCO – Concluding his statewide investigation into plastic bag producers and whether the plastic bags they have sold ...

The state also announced it was suing three other companies that it said illegally marketed their plastic bags as being recyclable when they were not. By Neil Vigdor California is expected to receive ...

BRUSSELS, Sept 18 (Reuters) - ExxonMobil (XOM.N), opens new tab is pausing 100 million euros ($118.4 million) of investment in European plastic recycling because of draft EU rules that determine the ...

Yale researchers unveiled a 3D-printed carbon column reactor that can convert 66% of polyethylene plastic into fuel chemicals without costly catalysts. The breakthrough addresses major efficiency and ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking nickel-based catalyst that could transform the way the world recycles plastic. Instead of requiring tedious sorting, the catalyst ...