Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

Those plastic bottles you toss right after using them? They can be upcycled into actually useful items in your kitchen, from ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to stick ...

A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New York. A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New ...

Imagine you are a packaging veteran consulting for a beverage brand that wants to redesign its flagship 500-mL/16.9-ounce PET bottle for maximum sustainability. What strategies should your client ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." A research team led by ...

A new California law will ban companies from using the symbol if their products aren't commonly recycled. Here's how you can ...