"Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.

Have you tossed plastic into a recycling bin recently? There’s a large chance that material won’t be recycled. That’s ...

People will recycle if they can make money doing so. In places where cash is offered for cans and bottles, metal and glass recycling has been a great success. Sadly, the incentives have been weaker ...

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In her new book “The Problem with Plastic,” a former EPA official looks at the costs of plastic overproduction and how we can ...

As mounds of single-use plastics, including plastic bags, wrappers and bottles, are left behind at music sites and beaches every year, a new campaign is helping festivalgoers be more environmentally ...

A GFL employee manually separates plastic bags from piles of recycling materials at the GFL Materials Recovery Facility on Tuesday, March 28, 2023, in Harrisonville, Mo. GFL does not accept plastic ...