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 ...

Many people are familiar with its biochemical cousin cellulose, a byproduct of paper and wood milling. But the same processes produce 50 million tons ... Boston College chemists have developed an ...

But sometimes, the difference between what you should and shouldn't recycle isn't obvious. When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing -- there's a lot more to it than tossing a ...

These materials are used for everything from plastic bags to milk jugs and for microwavable containers—and it’s all really hard to recycle ... catalysts converted a near-equal mix of ...

PLASTIC ACTUALLY GETS RECYCLED. REPORTER. EVERYTHING YOU SEE HERE SORTED INTO WHAT CAN BE RECYCLED AND WHAT CAN’T. ALL TYPES OF MATERIALS THAT CAN BE REUSED AND REPURPOSED. AT RECOLOGY IN SAN ...

But don't blame yourself for not understanding what to recycle; it's not easy. Plastic recycling is maddeningly complicated. The triangle label that you might assume indicates "this item is ...

But just how much of that actually gets recycled? That's the question one What and Why RI reader wanted to know. “When his truck happened to break down near my house one hot day, I offered the ...

Those gases can then be recycled into new plastics. “Because polypropylene and polyethylene are among the most difficult and expensive plastics to separate from each other in a mixed waste ...

So just what can and cannot be recycled? According to the National Environment Agency (NEA), paper, plastic, glass and metal items can be placed in the now-familiar blue recycling bins ...

Prior to this new program, those wanting to dispose of those plastic grocery bags had to drop them off at supermarkets, which in turn would send them to specialty recycling centers. For those of ...

Thor Swift/Berkeley Lab Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...