Plastic companies are using an even more convoluted version of this accounting technique in order to make it seem that their products have more recycled content than they really do. Mondelez ...

jewellery and candle stand, all made from plastic bottle caps discarded by trekkers in the Himalayas. The glass in the collection are made from recycled alcohol bottles that are left behind by ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell ...

Recycled jewellery doesn’t contribute to this damage ... in addition to lab-grown diamonds and plastic-free packaging. Any off-cuts produced from castings in the workshops go back into the ...

World Environment Day 2025, which falls on Thursday, calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. In China, a ...

Plastics are among the biggest challenges. Only about 9% of the plastic generated in the U.S. actually gets recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Some plastic is incinerated ...

Used in everything from water bottles to medical devices to building materials to clothes; plastic is a given in our daily lives. Yet, only about 9 per cent of plastic is recycled — the rest ends up ...

As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling to reduction. Bales of sorted plastic for recycling are seen in a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Recycled content in food packaging is increasing as sustainability advocates press manufacturers to cut their use of virgin plastic. Since 1990, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the agency ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to ...