A new bill cosponsored by Rep. Strom Peterson, D-Edmonds, could give Washingtonians refunds for glass and plastic, to boost recycling. OLYMPIA — In another effort to boost recycling in Washington, a ...

Two chemists in lab coats, gloves, and safety glasses work in a fume hood. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen work on a way to recycle polyethylene terephthalate to create a carbon capture ...

Workers sort through garbage to see what's in landfills. (IA DNR photo) The Iowa DNR has released three studies on the environmental and economic impacts of recycling in the state. The DNR’s Laurie ...

Plastic is everywhere. From water bottles and food containers to household items and packaging, modern life depends heavily ...

Professor Kotohiro Nomura’s research group at Tokyo Metropolitan University has developed an efficient method for the exclusive depolymerization of PET (polyethylene terephthalate) *1, PET bottles and ...

Rhode Island legislators introduced three bills to address plastic bottle waste, including a "bottle bill" and an "extended producer responsibility" program. The bottle bill would implement a 10-cent ...

Sicily’s closed-loop glass recycling system is demonstrating how rethinking packaging infrastructure—not consumer ...

STRATFORD — A new recycling center is promising to make it much easier and faster to exchange old bottles for cash. The facility, which opened this week, relies on state-of-the-art automatic bulk ...

You toss that yogurt container into the recycling bin. It feels good, right? You're doing your part for the environment.

Northern Ireland is seeking views on a new waste strategy that would push controlled waste recycling to 70 per cent by 2030 ...