Metzger cited the Merriam-Webster definition of the word, which says that recycling means processing something “in order to regain material for human use.” For the experts and entrepreneurs who favor ...

Two global international plastics recycling organizations have developed what they call a global definition intended to govern the use of the term “recyclable” as is relates to plastics packaging and ...

Just what does “plastics recyclability” mean, anyway? The industry has long wrestled with the confusion surrounding materials that can—and cannot—be recycled and other questions that throw consumers ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it has finalized new safeguards that promote responsible recycling of hazardous secondary materials and demonstrate a significant step forward in ...

On Nov. 25, Gov. Tom Wolf approved House Bill 1808 (now, Act No. 127), which amends Pennsylvania's Solid Waste Management Act by categorizing "advanced recycling" as manufacturing rather than waste ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...