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

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Recycling is a local enterprise, which means every system isn’t able to process all the same materials. Some take glass; some ...

Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and ...

TerraCycle takes the items that local recycling centers cannot recycle, from razors to food wrappers to Swiffer pads. Here's ...

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Transform your used plastic bottles into something practical and stylish with this step-by-step DIY tutorial on making a zipper pencil case. Learn how to recycle and repurpose plastic bottles ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used ...