HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

What if plastic waste could be turned into something useful? That dream may soon become a reality, as scientists have found a ...

Sorting plants in recycling usually do not recognize black plastic, which is why it is sorted out instead of being recycled.

A new process that converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. Harnessing moisture from air, Northwestern ...

Declining plastic recycling rates coupled with increased plastic pollution on the Earth’s surface and within its oceans spell concern for the planet’s health. In an effort to combat these trends, ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

Freepoint Eco-Systems has given Eloy officials a target date for firing up its advanced plastics recycling plant, telling the ...

A$11.2m in joint federal and NSW funding will expand facilities to process hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics ...

Ridwell, and companies like it, offer to take complex plastic items you can't put in your blue bin and find a home for them.