The UK has issued updated guidance explaining which plastic packaging can realistically be collected, sorted and reprocessed through existing recycling infrastructure.

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As per findings, 91% of participants are aware that everyday supermarket products may use recycled plastic in their packaging.

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

As part of a new web-based initiative, the Waste & Resources Action Programme is seeking to hear from manufacturers and suppliers of construction sector products containing recycled plastic. WRAP has ...

By bricking your plastic, the company claims it’ll no longer jam recycling equipment the way individual plastic bags often do ...

When you think about building a house, what materials come to mind? Brick, wood and metal all come to mind; there are also ...

TOKYO >> Manufacturers that use large amounts of plastic will be required, under a planned revision of a law, to set targets for recycled plastic usage and to report the actual amount used. The move ...

A$11.2m in joint federal and NSW funding will expand facilities to process hard-to-recycle plastics, including soft plastics ...

Ridwell, and companies like it, offer to take complex plastic items you can't put in your blue bin and find a home for them.

Imagine you’re filling up 100 bags of coffee. You’re using beans from a few different providers — 10 percent of the beans they sent you are decaffeinated and the rest are caffeinated. However, you ...