Many common kitchen items like clamshells, foil and greasy pizza boxes often can’t go in curbside recycling. Food residue on ...

For DW reporter Wacera Ngunjiri, moving from Nairobi to Berlin for a while didn’t change her morning routine—but it did introduce her to some new aspects of sustainable living. Jogging through the ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

Plastic wrappings such as crisp packets and chocolate currently aren't recycled in England - but all that is going to change.

The two recycling technology providers have helped equip a recovered paper sorting plant operated by waste firm Iren in Collegno, Italy. The Collegno plant has a capacity of 8 metric tons per hour and ...

Numerous interventions are needed to recycle more healthcare plastic, but the system is complex, according to a new report ...

A new catalyst may enable mixed plastic recycling The future of plastic recycling could soon become far simpler and more efficient. Researchers at Northwestern University have developed a new plastic ...

Bluecat, Paperdom, and Temple Tree — that are redefining sustainable writing and paper products without cutting down a single tree.

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...

It wasn't intended to indicate plastics' recyclability. But consumers misinterpreted it, and the industry encouraged them.