Ten years on, the plastic bag levy has largely been hailed a success - but has it actually helped the planet? Two experts go ...

Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...

Rompetrol Rafinare is set to restart its Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE) unit at the Petromidia refinery in early May, ...

Rompetrol Rafinare will restart the Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE) unit at the beginning of May. The final technological ...

Store-bought freezer bags (like Ziplocs) are also made from polyethylene, however, typically it is low-density polyethylene (LDPE) rather than HDPE. LDPE is also moisture and chemical resistant ...

A 2018 study by Denmark’s Environmental Protection Agency similarly found that plastic bags made from low-density polyethylene, a versatile and widely used form of plastic, have the smallest ...