Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing.

A Texas environmentalist found that her recycling was going to a local facility that has been hoarding plastics yet to be recycled.

Cyclyx provided a tour of its giant warehouse, the size of nine football fields ... For that effort, residents toss limited ...

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Also known as a bin store, the model gives shoppers the opportunity to buy in bulk, paying by the pound versus per piece.

It’s made of easy-to-clean plastic that can handle a few dings, and it is lightweight enough to carry to a drop-off site. Before testing the OXO bin, I considered myself a freezer-only composter ...

In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of plastic waste generated when troops are sent to ...

The Capital Region is one of two spots in B.C. where Recycle BC has started to provide dedicated collection bins for flexible plastics. Those materials – which include plastic bags, crinkly wrappers, ...

It only takes a quick look at our streets and waterways to be reminded that plastic pollution is a big problem. But that’s just the plastic that we can see. An increasing amount of scientific ...

Scientists have now utilized that fact to produce "living plastic" that biodegrades – but only under specific conditions. Spores are a dormant form taken by some types of bacteria, typically ...

Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a ...

An Irish company has developed and patented a process to transform old plastic into sustainable fuel, including sustainable aviation fuel and wax. Trifol Resources is already up and running with ...