The Shocking Truth About Global Plastic Recycling Rates The statistics around plastic recycling are absolutely devastating.

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

A new report from REUSE Foundation reveals a vibrant industry driven by entrepreneurs determined to stop plastic waste at source.

"[The industry] has spent millions of dollars advertising, telling us, 'don't worry about all the plastic you're generating,'" said Judith Enck, a former regional administrator for the Environmental ...

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 ...

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

In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American ...

You might get eco-guilt when you toss a plastic bottle into the recycling bin. Will the material from the container really be used to make something new? The answer to that question is unclear.

Plastic bags have become a ubiquitous part of modern life, appearing in grocery stores, retail shops, and households worldwide. Introduced in the 1960s, their convenience quickly made them a staple ...

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Daniela De Lorenzo is a Oslo-based reporter covering sustainability. Designing products to be treated through sustainable, ...

YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP via Getty Images The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers ...