At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

The recent unveiling of a novel self-recycling polymer, capable of maintaining its integral strength even after numerous recycling operations, holds immense promise for environmental sustainability ...

The coalition, led by the Consumer Brands Association, aims to work with Congress to spur recycling innovation across the U.S ...

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CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Earth Week and the ABC7 I-Team and ABC News have new details on their efforts to track plastic bags. A previous joint investigation found that several plastic bags which were ...

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California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

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Pending policies that demand more recycling cannot offset problems of high costs and competition from cheap virgin polymers ...

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