If you throw a plastic water bottle or yogurt cup in a recycling bin, it might not necessarily be recycled. Inside sprawling warehouses that the industry calls “MRFs” or materials recovery facilities, ...

After draining a water bottle, it might be tempting to fill it back up from the tap without a second thought. But can you really reuse plastic water bottles? Plastic bottles don't seem to be going ...

Two chemists in lab coats, gloves, and safety glasses work in a fume hood. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen work on a way to recycle polyethylene terephthalate to create a carbon capture ...

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio — Companies across the value chain are working together to expand the value of material recovery facilities (MRFs) in the recycling market. Executives with consumer products giant ...

Coca-Cola has temporarily removed labels from Sprite and Sprite Zero on-the-go bottles in a limited trial of “label-less” packaging. The pilot will see labels temporarily from single 500ml Sprite and ...

NBA arenas are cutting waste with recycling, composting, and donations—keeping tons out of landfills while helping communities.

There's a particular kind of guilt that arrives quietly. It's the pause before tossing a plastic clamshell container into the ...

Unalaskans gathered at the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska’s office to learn about the island’s only recycling program. The Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska ...