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

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

An Erie environmental leader says after 40 years of false promises about plastic recycling, Erie seems to still be falling for the smoke and mirrors.

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

Plastics take between 20 and 500 years to break down, depending on the type of material and its exposure to sunlight.

A recent scientific study indicates that common black plastic cooking utensils may contain seriously unwanted toxic chemicals ...

The global wood plastic composite (WPC) floorings industry size is to be worth USD 2.23 billion in 2023. The market is to ...

Findings presented this week in the journal Chemosphere show that a variety of household products made with recycled black plastic — including food service ware, kitchen utensils, and toys ...

Plastic pollution is ubiquitous in the environment and managing plastic waste is a global problem. In addition to developing ...

While plastic waste can be converted to energy via incineration, it can also be processed through chemical recycling. Indeed, large companies such as GS Caltex have developed ways to produce ...

While recycling is important, we must reduce and avoid waste altogether. From Wednesday 1 June 2022, NSW Government legislation banned the supply of lightweight plastic bags. From Tuesday 1 November ...