recycling

Teenage environmentalist Greta Thunberg is inspiring children to teach their parents about good recycling practices. According to a new poll by the Metal Packaging Manufacturers Association (MPMA)—which surveyed 2,000 parents of school children—nearly half of...

Scientists have created a new form of plastic, which can be recycled indefinitely. Currently, many plastics cannot be recycled effectively. Consequently, they end up in landfills and in the ocean, posing a serious threat to...

The new Guardian series "United States of Plastic" will run for the rest of 2019, examining the extent of the plastic pollution crisis across the U.S. In partnership with the Ford Foundation, the newspaper will...

Sweden's recycling system is so efficient that the country has virtually run out of rubbish, the Independent reported. The Scandinavian nation has imported rubbish from other countries for several years to keep its recycling plants...