The typically hard-to-recycle items, like cereal box liners and salad bags, are turned into plastic lumber, pellets or ...

Recycling can be confusing enough as it is. To help, here's what those little numbers in recycling symbols actually mean.

Wood moves constantly. Remember these tips for how to dry lumber so you don't have to deal with twisted, cracked wood.

Starting this weekend, people in DeSoto County can get rid of their trash for free. The DeSoto County Board of Supervisors ...

Many residents want to be more responsible consumers, but find that some common household plastics, like the utensils that ...

The European Union, Alliance to End Plastic Waste and ASASE Foundation have commissioned a cutting-edge plastic lumber ...

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

The state of Washington is fining 35 companies a total of $416,000 for not using enough recycled plastic in their packaging, the first time it's issued penalties under a 2021 law. Washington's ...

The European Union, Alliance to End Plastic Waste and ASASE Foundation have commissioned a cutting-edge plastic lumber ...

Steve Jasiecki describes passing a construction site in which crews cut a section of plastic lumber to size, leaving snowy, white sawdust in the dirt. That sawdust may drift in a breeze or sink ...