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.) ...

It’s a small matter, but a detail dedicated recyclers want to get right. Should you remove the cap of a plastic bottle before recycling it? How about the lid of a metal container? How about the lid of ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. When Ohioans drop in or drop off their recyclables, they ...

A video posted last week by Quantum Tech racked up nearly 100,000 views in less than 24 hours on YouTube. What drew so much attention? The “Brilliant Ideas with Plastic Bottles” video, with a tagline ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...

Plastics container blow molders have a serious problem, but it's not recycling. It's an image problem. The good news is that there's a solution. The bad news is that even though I've been ...

Many Germantown residents may find themselves with an excess of plastic water bottles after the city's water was deemed unsafe for more than a week. While the city of Germantown does recycle most ...

When Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, and Keurig Dr Pepper calculated their carbon emissions for 2020, the results were startling: The world’s three biggest soft-drink companies combined to pour 121 million tons ...