This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...

Addressing the issues around plastic recycling requires engaging consumers to reduce waste and recycle while implementing policies that make domestic recycled materials economically viable.

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 ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

As good citizens, we diligently fill the recycling bins provided by our local authorities with all manner of plastic trays, boxes, bottles and bags. But as these bins fill up quicker and quicker each ...

During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded ...

Plastic producers are investing heavily in controversial methods of boosting stagnant recycling rates to repair the public’s growing distrust. The stage has been set for a fresh legal showdown over ...

Entrepreneur Charlie Rudkin-Wilson recycles household plastic into homewares that have featured in Vogue. Rudkin-Wilson wants to "change the perception of plastic waste and to make it seem like a ...

HOUSTON — If you recycle plastic and other items, you probably assume it's going to a recycling center. A Houston woman who recycles faithfully was surprised to learn that's not always the case.