Hard-to-Recycle Materials

The world's largest restaurant operator will increase recycling access at its food outlets and make packaging changes to lessen environmental...

The world's largest restaurant operator will increase access to recycling at its food establishments and make packaging changes to lessen...

Two midsize jurisdictions are joining a program that collects plastics not currently accepted for recycling and sends them to energy...

Large brand owners and manufacturers have formed an effort aimed at diverting millions of pounds of plastic material that could...

Two midsize jurisdictions are joining a program that collects plastics not currently accepted for recycling and sends them to energy...

Experts predict large-format lithium-ion batteries will show up more regularly in the waste stream in the coming years as their...

Top manufacturers, recycling stakeholders and environmental organizations want to ban oxo-degradable plastic packaging because they don't believe it actually prevents...

This story has been updated. Three organizations are pushing to have their packaging types accepted at MRFs, but six nonprofit...

A new technology makes it possible for a ship to scoop up ocean plastics, convert them to diesel and use...

Great potential exists for increased film recovery in North America, where the residential film recovery rate sits at about 4...