A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...

A new California law went into effect Jan. 1 that limits the types of plastics donning the recycling symbol. Senate Bill 343, signed into law Oct. 5, is designed to inform consumers of what is and is ...

Of all the major types of materials used today, plastics are one of the fastest-growing categories and offer the greatest opportunity for innovation. Decades of development towards improving the ...

We’ve all seen the little triangle of arrows on the bottoms of plastic bottles and other containers, intended to guide consumers to proper plastic recycling. But if you also have noticed the ...

Starting on May 1, the 64 cities and towns that are part of the CRRA will be able to recycle plastics that are labeled with the numbers 3 through 7. The CRRA already accepts plastics labeled with #1 ...

Just because that plastic item you rinsed out and placed in your recycling bin is labeled as recyclable doesn't mean it actually is. In fact, according to a 2020 Greenpeace report, most types of ...