While traveling just before the Labor Day holiday, I was greeted on an open highway in Minneapolis by a gigantic billboard emblazoned with, “Plastic Recycling is a Myth.” As someone who spends a ...

Despite rumblings to the contrary, recycling of plastics waste is indeed real, asserts a new $1 million advocacy campaign from the Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS). The “Recycling is Real” ...

The Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS) is expanding its Recycling is Real advocacy campaign in a new video series spotlighting the recycling work taking place at Plastic Ingenuity in Madison, WI ...

For most, "recyclable" defines whether or not something can be put into a blue or green bin. But the truth is, that's only the first step in a process that turns a used product into material that can ...

The accumulation of plastic waste worldwide poses a serious threat to wildlife and ecosystems. Catalytic processes that convert plastic waste into valuable chemicals and fuels offer a promising ...

Elizabeth Carroll's remarks in your story on the challenges facing plastics recycling ("Lack of recycling capacity continues to stymie sustainability goals," Nov. 15) correctly points out that growth ...

Some 460 million metric tons of plastic are produced globally each year, out of which a staggering 91% of plastic waste is never recycled—with 12% incinerated and 79% left to end up in landfills and ...

A photograph shows part of Canadian artist and activist Benjamin Von Wong's 5-meter tall art installation the "PerpetualPlastic Machine" during its unveiling ceremony on the banks of the Seine River ...

Plastic waste has long outpaced our ability to deal with it, largely because the most common packaging plastics are hard to recycle together. A new generation of catalysts is starting to change that ...

Let’s face it: the public doesn’t believe in recycling anymore. Despite billions of dollars spent on the rollout of citywide recycling programs and public awareness campaigns, only 43 percent of ...

Re “To Keep Plastic Out of Oceans, Start With Rivers,” by Boyan Slat (Opinion guest essay, May 28): When your bathtub is overflowing, what is the first thing you do? Find a mop or turn off the faucet?