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 debate between wood and plastic cutting boards has been simmering for years, and with Food Safety Education Month upon us, it's the perfect time to revisit the question. Is wood truly better ...

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 ...

Balrampur Chini Mills Limited plans to finalise an investment of Rs 2,000 crore for India's first industrial PLA bioplastic manufacturing plant. This decision awaits the release of policy details by ...

As much material as possible is reclaimed for recycling and reuse. The hardier, industrial-grade plastic and precious metals in electronics waste are recovered. The rest is disposed of in processes ...

Steve Jasiecki describes passing a construction site in which crews cut a section of plastic lumber to size ... pavers and to wood treated with chemicals. Both Azek and Trex manufacture outdoor ...

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 ...