Plastic recycling symbols only tell you what type ... the seven main types of plastic using their resin identification code, which looks like a chasing arrows symbol with the appropriate number inside ...

When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

Recycling rates were recently released at the Plastics Recycling Conference showing that despite advancements in the industry, the numbers have plenty of room for improvement. Senior reporter Jim ...

New statistics show post-consumer plastics recycling falling slightly in the United States as recovery of two flagship resins stumbled in 2022. A newly issued report from a trio of groups shows the ...

Hardly any plastics can be recycled. You’d be forgiven for not knowing that, given how much messaging Americans receive about the convenience of recycling old bottles and food containers—from the ...