Properly sort and recycle plastic waste collected from households.And they lived happily ever after.……Or so it seems, that is ...

Soft, stretchy plastics, ubiquitous in grocery bags, bubble wrap, and various packaging, present a persistent environmental challenge. These materials are nearly impossible to avoid and even harder to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tossing every piece of takeout packaging into the blue bin might feel like the right move, but "wish-cycling" is often worse than ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

Look around you and you’ll struggle to find products that aren’t made with plastic. Since the 1950s, the malleable material has completely reshaped how we live and consume, offering convenience and ...

Most people toss their empty laundry detergent container into the recycling bin without thinking twice. It’s plastic, it has ...

(CN) — A federal judge on Monday denied ExxonMobil’s request to throw out a nuisance claim brought by a group of environmental organizations who say the oil behemoth knowingly misled the public about ...

There is a glaring lack of tracking for global recycling. Poor waste management is deeply connected to climate change, plastic pollution and global nutrient imbalances globally. To shift to ...

The Golden State’s chief legal officer announced a settlement with four producers of plastic bags for misleading the public in falsely claiming that the bags are recyclable. Upon the conclusion of the ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...