Despite polyethylene terephthalate (PET) being one of the most widely recycled plastics, only about 20% of used PET bottles ...

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 ...

A new textile recycling breakthrough tackles polycotton waste using supercritical CO₂. How Renasens scaled fast and secured ...

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

MIT spinout and battery maker 24M Technologies today debuted a new direct-material battery recycling process for EV batteries and battery storage. Cambridge, Massachusetts-based 24M Technologies, ...

Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

A recent study has introduced a new method for recycling electronic waste, offering a promising solution to one of the most pressing environmental challenges today. Scientists have devised a process ...

The sales market for plastic products is growing. At the same time, however, the environmental impact of non-degradable plastics is increasing and requires new recycling strategies. At the Fraunhofer ...

Tossing everything into the blue bin (or however it's sorted in your area) feels like a good deed for the planet. People ...

I’m on an overnight flight from New York to Frankfurt, Germany, and the accoutrements given to me in business class have a sustainable sheen. Both the polyester blanket and polyester flight kit ...

Stacks of large fiberglass wind turbine blades near the Woodward airport mark the early stages of a recycling operation city ...

CHARLOTTE — After a weekend of Charlotte’s nightlife in full swing, the city accumulates thousands of pounds of glass bottles in recycling bins around the city. In most cases, Envision Charlotte’s ...