America is recyclinghowever, not enough, and not always properly. While we can hope that the future of recycling improves, the reality is that the amount of plastic that actually gets recycled right ...

It wasn’t intended to indicate plastics’ recyclability. But consumers misinterpreted it, and the industry encouraged them. This is an excerpt from Consumed: How Big Brands Got Us Hooked on Plastic.

The city claims the companies knowingly deceive consumers into believing that plastic bags are recyclable, when, in fact, they are not.

The city has filed a civil lawsuit against Bimbo's Bakery, which owns the popular baked-good brands Thomas', Arnold, and Sara ...

It’s Earth Day 1990, and Meryl Streep walks into a bar. She’s distraught about the state of the environment. “It’s crazy what we’re doing. It’s very, very, very bad,” she says in ABC’s prime-time ...

A survey in the United Kingdom found that recycling-related symbols placed on packaging are understood by most household consumers. When uncertain about which bin to use for a particular piece of ...

The city alleges that Bimbo Bakeries and S.C. Johnson & Son have misled consumers by “deceptively” advertising that their ...

The City of Philadelphia has filed suit against Bimbo Bakeries and S.C. Johnson, alleging the companies misled consumers by ...

Cartons and black plastic are no longer accepted by Tompkins County in curbside recycling, according to Tompkins County Recycling and Materials Management. Only plastics labeled with #1, 2 or 5 ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...