How much old clothing and unused bedding do you have at the back of your closet? If you haven't heard of Trashie, now's the time to read up so you can get in on this rewarding recycling scheme. You ...

Earlier this month, a team of researchers out of the UK, Canada, and New Zealand published a first-of-its-kind study in the peer-reviewed Journal of Hazardous Material Advances, examining the ...

Let’s talk about the elephant in the recycling bin – our well-intentioned school programs might be creating more problems than they solve. I’ve been digging through data like an environmental ...

Jan Dell is a former chemical engineer who has spent years telling an inconvenient truth about plastics. "So many people, they see the recyclable label, and they put it in the recycle bin," she said. ...

Where the collection and processing infrastructure does exist, the recycling plants are essentially plastic production facilities, with the same air, water, and soil pollution problems that are ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

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The plastics industry says there is a way to help solve the crisis of plastic waste plaguing the planet's oceans, beaches and lands— recycle it, chemically. Chemical recycling typically uses heat or ...

I applaud the Plain Dealer’s effort to highlight the issue of lead pollution and brain health. (Cleveland’s must address inadequate steps to end lead poisoning in children) Nevertheless, other sources ...