Facing a growing public outcry over the plastic pollution crisis, some of the world’s biggest consumer brand companies have promised to dramatically boost recycling. Yet some of those same companies ...

The two firms have collaborated to design and find end markets for recycled-content plastic interior design and furnishings panels. The new Growth series is available in eight patterns the firm says ...

Americans' use of plastic boomed during the pandemic, including mountains of single-use items such as takeout containers, plastic bags and, of course, face masks. At the same time, we're recycling ...

The plastic CamelBak bottles displayed in a Target in East Hanover, New Jersey, offer a promise to ecologically conscious buyers. On the front of each is a bright blue sticker with the words “Tritan ...

Virgin plastics have become increasingly unpopular as public awareness of plastic pollution has grown. Millennials are driving a sustainable shift in consumer goods as their needs, purchase power, and ...

GOTHENBURG, Sweden — Scientists have discovered that recycled plastic contains a cocktail of hazardous chemicals that can seep into water. These substances are affecting the genes linked to fat ...

Americans support recycling. We do too. But although some materials can be effectively recycled and safely made from recycled content, plastics cannot. Plastic recycling does not work and will never ...

It was a decade ago when California became the first state in the nation to ban single-use plastic bags, ushering in a wave of anti-plastic legislation from coast to coast. But in the years after ...

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