Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

People have long been told that recycling is an effective way to prevent pollution and help the environment. But rumors that the plastics you put in the recycling bin wind up in a landfill instead ...

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A discovery led by the University of St Andrews has found a way to turn ordinary household plastic waste into the building block for anti-cancer drugs.

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Walk into any of the stores operated by the four major supermarket chains serving the Boise area, and near an entrance you’ll find a bin inviting you to drop off plastic store bags and other soft ...

The European Union has unveiled proposals to help the bloc's plastic recycling sector, which is struggling against ...

Prysmian and Eni-controlled Versalis have signed a strategic agreement to chemically recycle plastic cable waste into new ...

The European Union will introduce stricter rules for imports of plastics, the European Commission said on Tuesday, as it ...

The council has shared the following advice to boost recycling rates: Buy drinks in large bottles rather than lots of smaller ones. Empty, rinse and squash them before putting them in the bin. Buy ...