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

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 ...

Alliance to End Plastic Waste and ASASE Foundation have commissioned a cutting-edge plastic lumber factory with an impressive capacity of 2,000 tonnes. This marks a significant step towards ...

Steve Jasiecki describes passing a construction site in which crews cut a section of plastic lumber to size ... tout their environmental impact; using recycled material in new construction.

The recycling plant would process raw materials for the lumber facility, produce by-products for furniture such as outdoor ... He noted that only about eight per cent of plastic waste was recycled in ...

Findings presented this week in the journal Chemosphere show that a variety of household products made with recycled black plastic — including food service ware, kitchen utensils, and toys ...

Made with a more buoyant type of plastic, bottle caps also travel further across oceans than the bottles they are sold with. Even when plastics are recycled, the process creates a lower-quality ...

“The novel concern that’s raised in this study is ‘Look, black plastic that shouldn’t be recycled is ending up in all kinds of products that lead to human exposure,’” she sai ...

Since 1989 The Plastic Lumber Company has been committed to providing the finest products from recycled plastics. Challenged by the idea of building a company based upon environmentally sound ...