For decades, recycling plastic has been a losing game — too slow, too expensive, and too limited in scope. Most methods rely on high-heat extrusion and mechanical separation, degrading the material ...

Cincinnati — Greg Janson recycles plastics. That's what he does. But this doesn't mean he likes the conditions he sees every day in the industry. And the challenges facing the business call for a new ...

California set the country's most ambitious plastic recycling deadline. Now both environmental advocates and plastic producers may head to court.

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 9, 2026 / For decades, plastic economics were built around one assumption: ...

Busan, South Korea — Several non-profit groups that operate U.S. curbside recycling programs have a simple message to diplomats trying to write a global plastics treaty: Be skeptical about seeing ...

Of the nearly 400 million tons of plastic waste produced annually, about half ends up discarded, polluting landscapes and waterways worldwide. Developing sustainable ways to recover, break down and ...

A new California law will ban companies from using the symbol if their products aren't commonly recycled. Here's how you can ...

Recycled plastics could help reduce the world's growing waste crisis, but only if food packaging is carefully regulated to prevent contamination, according to a new analysis from the UN Food and ...

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