It's Earth Week, here's how consumers and companies are trying to improve waste management across the country.

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 7, 2026 / As geopolitical tensions and ongoing conflicts continue to unsettle ...

SMX’s role is to make that dependability measurable. Its technology helps turn recycled material from a claim into an authenticated asset, from a sustainability promise into a verified supply-chain ...

For years, recycled plastic claims have been shrouded in secrecy, difficult to verify, and often challenged as misleading.

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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 ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

That instinct to drop anything plastic, paper or cardboard into the recycling bin is hard to shake, but it's also one of the ...

Petrochemical companies pitched chemical recycling as a solution to the plastic waste crisis. And the City of Houston ...

As the crisis in the Middle East continues, much of the public focus has been on fuel prices and the cost of living. But there’s another oil-related product that often gets overlooked: plastic. Most ...

Walk into any of the stores operated by the four major supermarket chains serving the Boise area, and near an entrance you’ll find a bin inviting you to drop off plastic store bags and other soft ...