Recycling can be confusing enough as it is. To help, here's what those little numbers in recycling symbols actually mean.

Then, after all your earnest attempts to sort and separate your recyclables, figures reveal that only 17% of all plastic ...

Mitch Hecht, CEO of International Recycling Group, hopes to have money raised for recycling plant by the end of the year.

Are you using your chopping board correctly? From cross-contamination risks to cleaning mistakes, discover the common errors ...

Given the high interest in sustainability from consumers, today’s plastic bottle manufacturers are taking the steps to ensure ...

Despite a 2010 warning from the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways to avoid placing advertising boards along roadsides, and AP’s 2022 ban on plastic flex banners under Notification GO ...

As NPR reports, many recycling facilities can't recycle plastic bags because the soft material causes equipment jamming at recycling centers. Plastic shopping bags are one of the most common forms ...

At Exxon Mobil’s only advanced recycling facility in Baytown, Texas, only 8% of plastic is remade into new material ... The California Air Resources Board reports that state carbon emissions ...

Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

Research has increasingly found chemicals and other worrisome materials in many products that come into ... journal Environmental Science & Technology found that using a plastic cutting board can ...

“The truth of the matter is that the authorities can’t be bothered,” says Dr Chris DeArmitt, who is widely considered one of the top plastic materials scientists in the world. “The real ...

“This is one where we have to be careful,” agreed Fairbanks, a board-certified plastic surgeon and member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons. The society recommends doctors take into ...