Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

RIT is working hard to reduce the amount of waste generated on campus. The first step is to practice the 6 Rs: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Repair, Repurpose, Recycle. A key component of RIT’s recycling ...

Polypropylene is just as big in packaging as PET but it is recycled at a fraction of PET. Only 8 percent of 1.2 million tons of post-consumer PP is recycled.

recycling, which involves sorting plastic, chopping it into small pieces, melting it down, and using it in new products like bottles, fleece jackets, and carpeting. But some plastics cannot be ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. Contamination, such as food residue, plastic bags and items that can’t be recycled, can degrade the quality of the remaining material, ...