Lexington’s recycling center can not take plastic bags. The new effort will turn plastic bags collected into a bench for Lextran riders.

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits.

Companies’ use of the word recycling to describe linear processes “does real harm,” Budris added. It “gives consumers a false ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is moving to reverse a federal push away from plastic straws, declaring that paper ...

In a motion to intervene, Kobach’s office argued that the county is attempting to usurp the Attorney General’s Office’s ...

One of the biggest recycling misconceptions is assuming the recycling facility can easily separate items placed in the bin, says Jay Simmons, packaging product development manager from North Pacific ...