Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...
Following the opening of its new material recovery facility (MRF) in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this summer, Rumpke Waste & Recycling will expand the recyclables it accepts to include clamshell plastic ...
Tossing everything into the blue bin (or however it’s sorted in your area) feels like a good deed for the planet. People ...
In a new study, scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Manchester report that a specially engineered enzyme can ...
Not many pill bottles are getting recycled in the U.S. despite them being made of commonly recyclable material. A new Closed ...
As the world grapples with the environmental impact of plastic waste, engineers are stepping up with scalable solutions that could redefine the future of recycling. At the forefront of this movement ...
Closed Loop Partners’ Center for the Circular Economy released new findings to support increased recovery and recycling of prescription pill bottles.
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...
Research shows 78,000 tons of recyclable HDPE and PP prescription bottles are discarded yearly despite strong end-market ...