According to Greenpeace, only 9% of the world's plastic gets recycled. Instead, plastic waste continues to collect in our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oregon is working on modernizing its recycling system so residents can trust the items they're recycling are actually recyclable. ...

The Ocean Recovery Alliance, headquartered in Hong Kong, has released “Towards Circular Plastics: Assessing the Impact of Recycling Technologies in Tackling Plastic Pollution,” a report that assesses ...

WASHINGTON — When it comes to laws addressing plastic pollution, the vast majority of states need improvement to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to the new United States of Plastic Report from ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating. In 2024, only 9% of plastic waste was recycled globally, while 91% of plastic waste is believed to not be recycled. Even worse, the ...

EVERY year, on March 18, the world comes together to celebrate Global Recycling Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial water pollution remains a significant issue in the U.S., with many businesses ...

Starting this summer, Oregonians across the state will begin to receive a standardized list of what can and cannot be recycled statewide, and owners and managers of apartment complexes and multiunit ...

Oregon is working on modernizing its recycling system so residents can trust the items they're recycling are actually recyclable. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle) Editor’s note: The Capital ...