Plastics recycling is evolving but still faces major challenges as material types are more varied and complex than ever. This complexity often creates issues in sorting, making it difficult for ...

The new optical sorting technology allows for precise and efficient sorting of postconsumer plastics. Cimbria’s new optical sorters provide advanced sorting of plastics with precise material ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Just 9% of plastic worldwide is recycled. Due to waste mismanagement, nearly three-quarters of it ends up in landfills or the environment. So how can plastic recycling be more ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...

It's Earth Week, here's how consumers and companies are trying to improve waste management across the country.

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Wondering what to recycle and what not to recycle in your curbside bins? This recycling guide can help.

At the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University​, an incredible collaboration is taking place between a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...