From separating your plastics to knowing which bins to use, learning how to recycle correctly is an important step toward eco-friendly living.

Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in zebrafish larvae. Researchers warn that unknown and toxic additives ...

Amcor plc will evaluate the potential financial risks tied to its use of mass balance accounting — a method for tracking recycled content in plastics packaging. The move follows increased ...

Hilliard, Ohio-based Advanced Drainage Systems Inc. (ADS) is closing a recycling plant in Waterloo, Iowa, and laying off 71employees effective Aug. 17 as it moves ahead with a plan to expand ...

Recycling agricultural bags could divert up to 45,000 tonnes of single-use soft plastics from landfill, burning or burying on-farm each year, making new products instead.

A plan to irrigate Elk Grove parks, trees and plants with treated sewage water is in jeopardy. The recycled water was supposed to benefit the city's last large-scale urban development, but city ...

Trace metals such as iron or zinc that are stored in deep-sea sediments are lost forever to phytoplankton on the ocean surface. This is what geochemists believed for a long time about the cycle of ...

A large fire at the Crown Recycling plant in Calverton, Long Island appeared to be under control Wednesday afternoon.

The Greater Tehachapi Chamber of Commerce hosts a ribbon-cutting ceremony for an "energy" bench that is made of recycled wind turbines.

A new report prepared by five staff members of global consulting firm McKinsey & Co. predicts that in the coming years, demand growth for low-carbon, circular materials is expected to outstrip ...

An investigation is ongoing after a fire at Riverhead's recycling facility, with no asbestos found on site, according to preliminary reports.

A FOX 8 I-Team investigation found Cleveland city workers dumping cans for recycling in the same truck where they dump garbage.