A recent article in PennLive about plastics recycling is a misrepresentation of the investments our industry is making to innovate and make their products more sustainably. At the most basic level, ...

At the recycling center, powerful magnets will pull out steel. Spinning drums will toss aluminum into bins. Copper wires will get neatly bundled up for resale. But as the conveyor belt keeps rolling, ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

Christmas is over, but the remnants – stacks of cardboard boxes, bags of sparkly wrapping paper and maybe one or two broken ornaments – remain. Though it's easy to toss these items into the garbage, ...

These are the words of José B., plant manager at PolyQuest, a plastic bottle recycler in Farmingdale. José is highlighted in our latest recycling series video showing the hardworking men and women who ...

The swimming pool industry—specifically pool liner manufacturing—has been a bit behind when it comes to sustainability and recycling, according to Alex Grover of flexible plastic film manufacturer i2M ...

Recycling in the United States as we know it today, started with the ragman. The ragman went from house to house to buy old cloth for international trade in rags to make into paper. During World War ...

When you buy a new iPhone, Apple takes it back when you're done with it. When you finish a bottle of Coke in Germany, the manufacturer pays for its recycling. So why does your 4,000-pound SUV – ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) —Sioux Falls continues to grow, but recycling numbers are not. “Overall they’re stagnant.