When I visited my friend in Scotland, I was amazed to see how little waste from her family of four actually went into the garbage can. Besides their good habits of buying items with minimal packaging, ...

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

You know that little triangle with the number inside that you see on practically every plastic item you've ever touched? The ...

Florida lawmakers have passed a bill that aims to expand how counties and cities publish their budgets online, making it easier for the public to view spending habits in a searchable format, download ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...