he explained — hard plastic containers like soda bottles and milk jugs can be recycled; but flimsier items like plastic bags, ...

One of the simplest ways to start reducing your plastic footprint is by drinking from a reusable water bottle ... bags to the ...

Widespread confusion about the recycling requirements means that many sustainably minded people toss items in the ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to ...

Materials researchers have developed a new technique to successfully determine the recycled contents of plastic products. To encourage more recycling, some countries are taxing single-use plastic ...

Plastic bottles and bags can be vaporised into chemical building ... Around 5 billion tonnes of plastic has gone to landfill since the 1950s, and recycling efforts have only tackled 9 per cent ...