Better late than never, the environmental activist organization comes to a welcome conclusion.

MIT's EHS Lab Plastics Recycling Program gathers clean plastics from 212 MIT labs, recycling some 280 pounds of plastic per week.

A team of environmental engineers at the University of Strathclyde in Scotland and Dalhousie University Halifax in Canada has found that techniques for recycling plastics may inadvertently lead to increased environmental microplastics. In their study, reported in the Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, the group tested water used to clean plastic at a recycling plant.

The latest interim authorisation permits the continuation of an in-store collection pilot programme in Australia.

A nationwide bottle deposit program could increase recycling of PET plastic to 82 percent, with nearly two-thirds of all PET bottles being recycled into new bottles, at a net cost of just a penny a bottle when demand is robust, MIT researchers report. At the same time, policies would be needed to ensure a sufficient demand for the recycled material.

Researchers at the University of Alabama have developed a way of more efficiently and effectively recycling polymers.

About 48 million tons of plastic waste is generated in the United States each year, but only 5 to 6 percent of it is actually recycled. A new report from the Center for Climate Integrity, "The Fraud of Plastic Recycling," accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign to "mislead" the public about the viability of recycling. Correspondent Ben Tracy talks with the report's co-author, Davis Allen, and with…

A new chemical process can break down a variety of plastics into usable propane — a possible solution to our inability to effectively recycle many types of plastic.

The company allegedly "manipulated the public and lied to consumers."

The industry knew decades ago that recycling was never viable in the long term, and now we're all being poisoned by its product.

Plastics are everywhere in our daily lives, but not all plastics are created equal—far from it.

A molecular additive allows different kinds of plastic to be recycled together

Only 5 to 6% of plastic waste produced in the U.S. is actually recycled. A new report accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign to "mislead" the public about the viability of recycling.

With only a small percentage of plastics recycled, determining the best way to recycle and reuse these materials may enable higher adoption of plastics recycling and reduce plastic waste pollution. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) examined the benefits and trade-offs of current and emerging technologies for recycling certain types of plastics to…

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Dr. Jason Bara, a professor in the University of Alabama College of Engineering, leads a team working to improve methods to recycle the plastics we interact with daily.

A new lawsuit accuses ExxonMobil of contributing to the world's plastic pollution. The oil and gas company is one of the largest producers of the material used to make single-use plastics. California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed the lawsuit following a two-year investigation. He joined Amna Nawaz to discuss the case.

California's attorney general has sued ExxonMobil, alleging a "campaign of deception" to convince consumers that recycling was a solution for plastic waste.

The agency wants to stop using the "chasing arrows" logo on plastics that can't be recycled. The man who designed it more than 50 years ago agrees that the symbol has been misused.

While nations try to recycle plastic, hoping to mitigate plastic pollution,facts on the ground say this isn't the answer