Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

The Healthcare Plastics Recycling Council says its multi-year research into chemical recycling for healthcare packaging shows ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from ...

The Government’s long-awaited packaging recycling scheme, due to come in to effect this autumn, will lead to a major increase ...

Polykar says the program has achieved a 96 per cent recycling rate by diverting thousands of pounds of plastic waste from ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10 percent with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, according to a new study. Researchers from Tsinghua ...

Plastic, used in every aspect of contemporary human life, from supermarket bags to car parts, is one of the products that, ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...

Midway through plastics industry executives' day walking the halls of Capitol Hill, President Donald Trump announced he was ...

Researchers from Tsinghua University in China said the rate of recycling had barely budged even as plastic production had exploded, presenting a "pressing global environmental challenge".

Andrea Bassetti The 2025 Plastic Recycling Conference, held in National Harbor, Maryland, brought together over 2,500 ...