Recycling feels good, since it seems like an easy way to help the planet. In fact, separating plastics from other waste has become something of a ritual in many parts of the world, and it's based on ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...

Plastics and chemical companies have a new answer to America’s plastic waste crisis: “advanced recycling.” The pitch is ...

These tiny plastic beads go down the drain, eventually making their way to rivers, lakes, and the ocean at a rate of eight ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. workers sorting plastic bottles - cazawi/Shutterstock Recycling can be a complicated business, and plastic recycling makes it even ...

A. J. Jacobs, writer for The New York Times, shared his attempt to avoid plastic in an article published Jan. 15, 2023: “On the morning of the day I had decided to go without using plastic products—or ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been known to rescue recyclables ...

Plastics recycling is evolving but still faces major challenges as material types are more varied and complex than ever. This complexity often creates issues in sorting, making it difficult for ...

Efforts to combat plastic waste have gotten derailed by the divide over chemical recycling.

Considering the climate crisis and worldwide plastic pollution, many people believe that recycling materials, in particular plastic, is the solution to our problems. Recycling can reduce resource use, ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. HOUSTON—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that’s failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to ...

A W.R. Grace facility in Howard County, Maryland, passed permitting that area residents say shields it from accountability ...