“Taking a plastic bottle and turning it into part of a pair of sneakers that after a year will be buried or burned is not perpetuating a cycle,” said Kevin Budris, deputy director of Just Zero, a ...

Innovative Ideas For Recycling Plastic Buckets Posted: January 16, 2025 | Last updated: January 16, 2025 Explore innovative ways to recycle plastic paint buckets into useful and decorative items ...

Keep reading to learn where to donate plastic bottle caps near you, how to recycle curbside, and what kind of art projects you can make with these leftover materials. Where to donate plastic ...

Granted, the success of recycling plastic is abysmal — the U.S. rate is roughly 7% — but in theory it can be done. So, I was ...

I recently threw away my trusty black plastic spatula after a scientific paper claimed that such utensils may contain dangerous levels of flame-retardant chemicals. It turns out the researchers ...

“However, some plastic utensils might be made from recycled plastics and some of these plastics can come from products that are not originally intended for food use, like electronics.

The 4R vision is a future where unnecessary plastic materials are eliminated and essential materials are designed to be ...

Now, America is coming to terms with a hard truth: Plastic was never designed to be recycled and there's no profitable way to recycle 91% of it. The environmental impacts have been disastrous.

Of the more than 16 million tons of plastic packaging generated that year, only 6.5 million tons were recycled. Plastic recycling remains a serious problem. Inadequate recycling not only increases ...