Those plastic bottles you toss right after using them? They can be upcycled into actually useful items in your kitchen, from ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

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 stick ...

Muriel Williman, senior assistant solid waste manager for disposal with the City of Durham, wants Durhamites to be more careful about what they put in the recycling bin. Credit: Photo by Lena Nguyen — ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." A research team led by ...