There's a particular kind of guilt that arrives quietly. It's the pause before tossing a plastic clamshell container into the ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. WM bales and sells the plastic film it recovers at its MRF in Germantown, Wisconsin, as it does for other materials such as OCC ...
Recycling feels pointless when billionaires can emit more in a year than most people will in a lifetime. But the data shows ...
The best way forward is to change the social and economic system surrounding the production of plastic and the management of ...
Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels. While scientists are ...
Panelists at this year’s Paper and Plastics Recycling Conference discussed challenges in residential packaging recovery and methods for improvement. From left to right: Johnny Gold of the Gold Group ...
Once recyclers label something as a “problem material,” it can be difficult to shake that reputation. Attendees of a session at the 2010 Paper Recycling Conference, however, heard from presenters who ...