Two big moves from state officials this week target the future of recycling. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill banning the use of plastic bags, and Attorney General Rob Bonta is suing ExxonMobil for ...

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

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...

Sweeping changes to recycling in Oregon went into effect July 1. The changes are part of Oregon's Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act, which the state legislature passed in 2021. The new ...

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

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...

Do you know how to recycle? The rules for what can be recycled vary by city, and it can be challenging to keep up with all the requirements and instructions. A reader recently asked The Sacramento Bee ...

Oregon now accepts standardized list of recyclable materials covering paper, metal, plastic. New recycling system meant to increase opportunities for recycling, upgrade systems. Oregon Department of ...