[Dave Hakkens] graduated from the Design Academy of Eindhoven and decided to try his hand at making affordable plastic recycling machines. His reasoning? “We recycle just 10% [of waste plastic ...

Place separate bins for paper, plastic, glass, and metal in your home. Clean and repurpose jars for storage, vases, or DIY ...

Meaning that we eat fish that have microplastics in their organisms. So plastic recycling seems like a good idea and true salvation not only to us, but our nature. Plastic bottles can be used for ...

has worked hard for 9 months to make a sheet plastics shredder for HDPE and LDPE from things like plastic bags, bubble wrap and air cushion packaging with the goal of recycling the shredded plastic.

"Think about all of the plastics in your home," Enck says ... Even the easiest plastic to recycle, #1, contains two kinds of plastics — polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles and thermoform ...

They bought an iced drink and asked the staff in the chains what to do with the plastic cup. Pixie Lott adds “When I’m at home, I do all I can to recycle, but when I’m out and about ...

Plastic bags and films can’t be recycled in a traditional curbside recycling bin, but there are still many opportunities for local residents to recycle these single-use plastics. A report ...

Consumers sort trash and recyclable material at home. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. recycles about 32% of waste. Only 9% of virgin plastic is recycled. In the U.S ...

So what can we do about it? Well, we can recycle some plastics. This is when we take plastic that's used for one thing, like a bottle and then make it into another, like a carpet. The more we ...

Companies’ use of the word recycling to describe linear processes “does real harm,” Budris added. It “gives consumers a false ...

The government is working on plans to spur companies to recycle their plastic waste and kick their bad trash habits to the wayside. Measures are being drafted that could be in place as early as ...