plastics, batteries, textiles, waste electrics and coffee pods. The Conservative government pledged not to introduce legislation that would require households to have at least seven bins ...

HOLLAND — The city of Holland has been working with artificial intelligence software company Prairie Robotics to help identify recycling contaminants and educate residents about what can and can ...

Also known as a bin store, the model gives shoppers the opportunity to buy in bulk, paying by the pound versus per piece.

An estimated 20 million people work informally in waste management around the world, especially in the Global South. They make up 60% of the world’s recycling workforce. In places where there is not ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the ... "If you put it in the recycling bin it's actually getting recycled and not just going straight to landfill," said Khatore.

A Texas environmentalist found that her recycling was going to a local facility that has been hoarding plastics yet to be recycled.

Scientists have now utilized that fact to produce "living plastic" that biodegrades – but only under specific conditions. Spores are a dormant form taken by some types of bacteria, typically ...

Learn more. How to make the black plastic on your car look new again. All plastics eventually fade when exposed to the environment, but if your car’s trim is starting to look gray and sad ...

It’s made of easy-to-clean plastic that can handle a few dings, and it is lightweight enough to carry to a drop-off site. Before testing the OXO bin, I considered myself a freezer-only composter ...

Houston seeks to be a national model for plastic recycling. But a program that started in 2022 hasn’t yet found its footing.

A new interactive map has laid bare Britain's bin postcode lottery where some families ... Each week binmen collect food waste from green caddies; paper, plastic and metals and glass in separate ...