How much of our waste gets recycled really and are ‘sustainable’ plastic alternatives actually any better for the planet?

Putting plastic wrap in the recycling bin Plastic wrap highlights the complexity of recycling, circa 2024. It is incredibly common, and a lot of it is possible to recycle, but most municipalities ...

By the 1990s, half the plastic Americans chucked into the recycling bin “was stuffed onto giant container ships and sold to China,” instead of making it to the local recycling center, ...

The plastics recycling rate in the U.S. is very low, but there are tricks to improving your own plastic accountability.

The miracle material has made modern life possible. But more than 40 percent of it is used just once, and it’s choking our waterways. Just after dawn in Kalyan, on the outskirts of Mumbai, India ...

A new service from Greater Manchester councils is set to revolutionise home recycling across the county. The concept of ...

Cardboard, paper and plastic bottles frequently make it into recycling bins of older generations with younger generations only half as likely to recycle them at home.' Under the new plans ...

Amongst the items that frequently made it into the wrong bin for Gen Z are food waste (33%) and plastic bags (24%). However, ...

Specifically plastic pots, like yoghurts, soup, and cosmetics; plastic tubs, like margarine, laundry powder, and chocolates; ...

A council is planning to move to fortnightly waste collections from next year. Sandwell Council wants to move household waste ...