Every empty plastic bottle has the potential to become something useful instead of ending up in a rubbish bin. With a little ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to stick ...

Polypropylene, a hard-to-recycle plastic, has successfully been biodegraded by two strains of fungi in a new experiment led by researchers at the University of Sydney. Polypropylene has long been ...

The Centre County Recycling and Refuse Authority is offering a variety of programs and events over the coming months.

About 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, but less than 10% is recycled, with most of the rest ending up incinerated or in landfills. One reason is that it is difficult for ...

It has always perplexed me that single-use plastic constitutes about 40% of global plastic production, yet conversations ...