Plastic #5 is being taken by Boise recycling programs, due to upgrades at the local recycling center. BOISE, Idaho — Boise's ...

Aiming to reduce the amount of takeout containers in landfills, Roseville will require them to be recyclable, compostable or ...

Choose larger-sized containers. The larger the container, the more choices you have of vegetables to grow, production is ...

EPA opens public comment period on possible regulations for PFAS contaminated fluorinated plastic HDPE containers and health ...

Everyday items made of black plastic, including kitchen utensils, takeout food containers, and toys, can contain harmful flame-retardant chemicals, finds a new analysis. Chemicals in these ...

Since the remnants of Hurricane Helene hit Asheville, most of the city has been without running water. The people of ...

Thanks to the grant to Syracuse, New York, additional material collected there could include some 950 tons of PET plastic and more than 315 tons ... household in Syracuse with free, upgraded 95-gallon ...

Nearly a week after Hurricane Helene brought devastation to western North Carolina, a shiny stainless steel tanker truck in downtown Asheville attracted residents carrying 5-gallon containers ...

a shiny stainless steel tanker truck in downtown Asheville attracted residents carrying 5-gallon containers, milk jugs and buckets to fill with what has become a desperately scare resource ...

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

The disaster dumped more than 1,400 damaged shipping containers into the sea — releasing billions of plastic manufacturing pellets known as nurdles as well as thousands of tons of nitric acid ...

The disaster dumped more than 1,400 damaged shipping containers into the sea — releasing billions of plastic manufacturing pellets known as nurdles as well as thousands of tons of nitric acid, lead, ...