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A new pilot plant in Ohio, with the support of a trade group, aims to test a system to recycle PVC. A company called Plastic ...

"It's hard to imagine one company capturing that whole market." Researchers develop game-changing method to 'deep clean' common waste: 'Could be close to a $25 billion per year business' first ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and ...

A team of chemists may have found a way to solve the plastic recycling problem - and it starts with a little help from nickel ...

Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

The inconvenience of separating plastics for recycling may soon be a thing of the past. A team of Korean researchers has ...

It wasn't intended to indicate plastics' recyclability. But consumers misinterpreted it, and the industry encouraged them ...

The global impact is massive. Europe alone generates between 7 and 9 million tons of aluminum waste from cars each year.

Question: "I am interested in what happens to my recycling materials after I drop them off at the transfer station. Where do they go? How do they (aluminum, steel, and plastic) get separated? Why did ...