TerraCycle takes the items that local recycling centers cannot recycle, from razors to food wrappers to Swiffer pads. Here's ...

Plastics are everywhere—in the packaging around your food, the insulation in your home, and even the parts of your phone.

And while consumers have been able to use their purchasing power to turn the tide away from plastic in some regards, its ...

We all know that recycling is good for the planet. But sometimes, the difference between what you should and shouldn't recycle isn't obvious. When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing ...

This simple recycling method helps reduce plastic use while organizing your kitchen efficiently. Plastic bottles make for ...

Our planet is choking on plastics. Some of the worst offenders, which can take decades to degrade in landfills, are polypropylene—which is used for things such as food packaging and bumpers—and ...

A new catalyst may enable mixed plastic recycling The future of plastic recycling could soon become far simpler and more ...

In the 2008 Disney film Wall-E, a tiny robot finds himself alone on planet Earth, working to clean up a world decimated by trash and abandoned by humans who left it that way. Heartwarming as the film ...

Canada’s first marine waste recycling program has been turning abandoned fishing gear and other plastic waste from the ocean ...

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time ...