For yoghurt and quark pots, around 15% of recyclable material is lost. NTCP, TNO and partners are investigating how to ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Think twice before throwing out spent printer cartridges. These little devices are highly recyclable, keeping plastics and ...

Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.

About 70 percent of PVC goes to building and construction uses such as pipes, cables, siding, window and door profiles, flooring, fencing, decking and roofing. The low-cost, easy-to-install products ...

According to the Brussels-based firm Recovinyl, the recycling of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) in the United Kingdom continues to increase and is forecast to reach 50,000 metric tons by the end of 2011.

Recycling is one answer to the growth in plastic waste but treating “wash water” used to clean recycled plastic before re-use can produce safer recycled ...

The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating. In 2024, only 9% of plastic waste was recycled globally, while 91% of plastic waste is believed to not be recycled. Even worse, the ...

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. The roads of the future could be paved with plastic Stanford researchers show the viability of recycled plastic in construction. These ...

The Southern African Vinyls Association (SAVA) has reported strong progress in PVC recycling and product stewardship, with ...

Changes to household collections are part of wider moves to increase the recycling rates, which have stalled in recent years.

This story is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media ...