Recycling, a commonplace practice for many who wish to create less waste, still remains a mystery to most who participate in the habit. Phoebe Judge, the University of Nevada, Reno’s new ...

As an engineer whose work focuses on reprocessing plastics, I have been exploring potential solutions. In cities that use single-stream recycling, consumers put all of their recyclable materials − ...

Bottles pass through the hot end of the recycling line at Ohio-based Owens-Illinois — one of the companies that buys cullet from CAP Glass, transforming it into food and beverage containers. When you ...

Glass bottles are frequently used to package liquids like soda, juice, beer, and wine, and are accepted in most curbside recycling programs. So why is the glass recycling rate (34 percent) half that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Alex Jordan, University of Wisconsin-Stout (THE CONVERSATION) Every week, millions of ...