Recycled black plastics leach hazardous chemicals that disrupt metabolism and hormone genes, raising hidden safety concerns ...

A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Leipzig shows that recycled polyethylene plastic can leach ...

Plastic pollution is a menace worldwide. Plastics are now found in every environment on the planet, from the deepest seas to the atmosphere and human bodies. Strategies to achieve this goal include ...

Companies that buy bales of plastic scrap to make recycled pellets have horror stories about what they’ve found in bales—concrete blocks, chunks of metal and even dead animals. But most recyclers ...

Battery recycler Terrapure Environmental is diving deeper into polypropylene reprocessing after studying both the economic and environmental considerations of making such a move. Terrapure's Ville de ...

Recycled plastic pellets from polyethylene (PE) can be used when making a water bottle for instance. But we can never have full knowledge of what chemicals will end up in an item made of recycled ...