Sand, rock, and melted plastic now sit beneath the tires on a quiet residential street in Oahu. For nearly a year, cars have ...

Hawaii has a plastic problem. The island state faces economic and logistical challenges in recycling plastic waste, including ...

Researchers in Hawaii are pioneering a method to recycle the islands’ derelict fishing nets and residential plastic trash ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

Last month, the American Chemistry Council, a petrochemical industry trade group, sent out a newsletter highlighting a major new report on what it presented as a promising solution to the plastic ...

Low-end prices (~$500/tonne) typically reflect the cost of simpler recycled PE grades, such as those with lower levels of post-consumer recycled (PCR) content and basic mechanical recycling. High-end ...

Bill Buttlar, a professor at the University of Missouri, highlights takeaways in the university’s research on using recycled low-density polyethylene in asphalt paving materials. In August 2021, the ...

Despite polyethylene terephthalate (PET) being one of the most widely recycled plastics, only about 20% of used PET bottles ...

During the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ (ISRI) 2019 Convention & Exposition April 8-11 in Los Angeles, the Spotlight on Plastics highlighted some unique products that are starting to ...

Tossing everything into the blue bin (or however it’s sorted in your area) feels like a good deed for the planet. People ...

BMW says it's building the i3 as cleanly as possible, with the use of even more recyclable and sustainable materials for a ...