Miller and Moran, who help run the architectural practice T+E+A+M, saw both a material and an aesthetic opportunity in this recycled plastic building material. “We had this idea that waste ...

How much plastic waste do you generate? In a 2022 report, Greenpeace estimated that the US generates 51 million tons of ...

It is shocking that these companies that we trust with our recyclables can discard them in such an irresponsible way.

In late 2018, media reports and social networks began generating an interest in the possibility of using recycled plastic waste in asphalt mixtures. The idea was marketed as an opportunity to ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from ...

Increased interest in recycled PVC has led compounding firm Benvic to double capacity for that material at a plant in France.

Producers of recycled-content plastic and their suppliers face challenges involving uneven scrap supplies and shifting global ...

Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you ...

These plastic bottles are ready to be recycled, but there’s more to a circular economy than just recycling. Photograph by Teerasak Ladnongkhun / Shutterstock Product design — Think about the ...

Members of local environmental groups say there are alternatives to building a plastics recycling plant on Erie's east side.

Recycling organisations have urged Brussels lawmakers to make the use of recycled plastic mandatory in new vehicles, a move they say will help to bring cars in line with circular use principles.

The European Commission wants to reduce the environmental impact of packaging by mandating that producers use a minimum amount of recycled plastic in new packaging placed on the market. The EU is ...