A Canadian court yesterday threw out a government regulation classifying some plastic products as “toxic." The ruling could hurt a push by Ottawa for a countrywide ban on single-use plastic items such ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

Chemicals of concern in plastics: Number of the chemicals identified as of concern, less hazardous, not hazardous, without data, and under development. The outer circle represents chemicals that are ...

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.

Last fall, a Greenpeace report on plastic recycling made headlines around the world when news outlets led with the publication’s striking key finding: Only five percent of plastic household waste ...

Westmoreland Cleanways has diverted about 4,000 pounds of plastics from landfills in the couple months since it started collecting them. Executive director Mike Skapura said the new program has been ...