Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this ...

In a nutshell Recycled plastic pellets from India, Nigeria, and Taiwan leaked 84 different chemicals into water, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and plastic additives — with ...

People need to see that recycling works, and the industry needs to meet them where they are with these true-life examples.

The recycled-content building products maker has cooperated with Plastic Beach to collect some 60 tons of plastic film.

However, environmentalists point out that plastic production caps remain vital, given that less than 10% of all the plastic ...

One phrase that’s become quite contentious is the “full life cycle” of plastic. Basically, some groups are hoping to go ...

For the experts and entrepreneurs who favor a broad definition of recycling, it’s obviously better to turn a plastic bag into a flower pot than to put it in the garbage.

Plastic companies are using a convoluted accounting system to make it seem that their products have more recycled content than they really do. Here’s how it works: Petrochemical companies use a ...

Recycling groups will monitor the next round of talks for clues on infrastructure and end market impacts. Plastics groups ...

For decades, packaging and beverage companies have pulled off one of the most cunning blame-shifts in modern American life.

California's truth in labeling law reserves the recycling sign only for products and packaging that can truly be recycled.

A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here's how it works.