CHICAGO (WLS) -- You may take the extra time to recycle plastic shopping bags by bringing them to a retailer's plastic bag recycling bin. For months, the I-Team and ABC news tracked plastic bags that ...

Most of the 360-billion-plus metric tons of plastic manufactured each year isn’t recycled. Some of that’s due to laziness—in the U.S., where plastic bottles can be easily recycled almost everywhere, ...

America Recycles Day is an educational event by Keep America Beautiful. It is the only nationally recognized day that’s all about recycling. It’s a time to learn, get inspired, and take action. We can ...

Focused on education instead of punishment, the inspectors place either “oops” tags on bins that contain improper materials ...

Starting Saturday, plastic producers will begin reporting the total number of plastic products they sell in the Golden State.

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Just 9% of all plastic waste ever created has been recycled, researchers estimate. Last year, the U.S. exported 74,000 shipping containers of plastic waste to low-income countries, researcher Jan Dell ...

Bhavna Middha receives funding from the Australian Research Council's Discovery Early Career Researcher Award programme. Ralph Horne receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Kingston and ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn. (WJHL) — Those looking to recycle their plastic waste in Kingsport can now do so at two more Food City locations, thanks to a partnership between the regional grocery chain and ...