There’s also evidence that “recycled” plastic products are additive — items that would otherwise not have been made at all.

The recycled chemicals are then mixed with all sorts of other materials, including fossil-fuel-derived virgin plastic, to make new products. This year, Eastman began operating one of the largest ...

Of that, only nine percent has been recycled. The vast majority—79 ... are trying to create a foundation for better managing plastic products. “You can’t manage what you don’t measure, ...

The Washington Department of Ecology has fined 23 plastic producers a combined $277,000 for not complying with a 2021 state ...

It’s nearly impossible to know whether a black plastic product is contaminated. That’s because these products that include recycled e-waste don’t disclose a detailed list of all ingredients ...

Trigon Plastics LLC once handled more than 25 million pounds of recycled plastic each year and made plastic lumber used by ...

This degradation makes the plastics less suitable for reuse in high-quality products and necessitates more intensive cleaning and processing before they can be recycled. Recycling ocean plastics ...

World Environment Day 2025, which falls on Thursday, calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. In China, a ...

Nobody needs to be told the planet is in trouble and unfortunately the construction industry is a major contributor to both ...

As India stares at a plastic crisis, a wave of startups like Lucro Plastecycle and Banyan Nation are transforming waste into ...