March 23, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively simple: virgin resin-derived from oil and gas-has been cheaper, more reliable, and easier to scale than recycled ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / April 2, 2026 / For years, the plastics market followed a familiar script: virgin ...

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 30, 2026 / As geopolitical tensions and ongoing conflicts continue to ...

A new tool accurately detects the amount of recycled plastic in a container and strengthens environmental oversight.

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by ...

From Waste Problem to Public Asset: Traditionally, plastic waste, especially MLP, has been viewed as an environmental burden ...

Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups: "This ...

This distinction is now hitting consumers in real time.

Sand, rock, and melted plastic now sit beneath the tires on a quiet residential street in Oahu. For nearly a year, cars have ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...