Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...

When Nestle SA tweaked its plastic packaging goals in 2022, few noticed. The shift in language on the website of the world’s largest food maker pledged to mostly use plastic “designed for” recycling ...

Many disposable objects are made of black plastic, which has so far proven to be very hard to recycle. US scientists have devised a new method of recycling black polystyrene, however, simply using ...

A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New York. Credit - Hulton Archive/Epics—Getty Images Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

For an epitome of the state’s performative environmental policymaking, it’s hard to beat its latest plastic-bag ban. SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California enters the New Year facing an $18 billion budget ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

As a result, plastics must be carefully sorted into relatively pure streams, which pushes up recycling costs and reduces efficiency. Mechanical recycling — the dominant method worldwide — involves ...