Everyday items like clothing, plastics and packaging can last centuries. Here’s how long they tend to breakdown and why design and consumer choices must change.

During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

The recycling world has become a dangerous maze of good intentions gone wrong. What many people don't realize is that contamination rate in recycling bins is estimated at around 16-25%, with some ...

S. are actually recycled, according to recent Greenpeace USA reports. Environmental experts consistently find that most plastic items bearing recycling symbols simply cannot be processed by standard ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — While Eastman Chemical’s molecular recycling technology may have won company leaders the ears of ...

Vermont has expanded its battery recycling program under a new law that significantly broadens the types of batteries that ...