Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels. While scientists are ...

Bills focused on halting out of state waste will hurt Michigan communities and residents most, and do little to help Michigan plan for future waste disposal needs. The Michigan Waste Industries ...

Jan Dell is a former chemical engineer who has spent years telling an inconvenient truth about plastics. "So many people, they see the recyclable label, and they put it in the recycle bin," she said. ...

For weeks, KPRC 2 has been reporting on the recycling pickup delay problem plaguing residents across the City of Houston. According to the city website, the recycling pickup schedule was set to be ...

Gardena, Calif., extended its commercial trash contracts this week so officials would have more time to figure out why the city is not meeting state recycling goals. The city has been on the state’s ...

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ends up buried or drifting into ecosystems because recycling it is slow, ...

Cincinnati — Greg Janson recycles plastics. That's what he does. But this doesn't mean he likes the conditions he sees every day in the industry. And the challenges facing the business call for a new ...

The thrill of owning one of the best multicolor 3D printers has come at an unexpected price - overflowing bins of wasted filament and scrapped prints. Here are five machines that promise to turn ...

Have you ever stood in front of a recycling bin, holding a yogurt cup, wondering if you're doing the right thing? Most of us have. We've been told for decades that tossing items into those blue bins ...