The Conversation reports on single-stream recycling, emphasizing its convenience but noting significant contamination issues ...

I melted down HDPE plastic and recycled it into a DIY Electric Guitar! HDPE. Plastic is a common type that can be melted at around 280 degrees Fahrenheit. After cleaning and sorting the plastic I ...

Polymer Matters sees is making a significant investment in high density polyethylene reuse to produce milk jugs with recycled ...

The Ohio-based company credits its Vertix plastic recycling business unit for part of its success. Axium says its works in coordination with five MRF operating partners that supply it with material to ...

The U.K.-based firm Viridor has invested more than £1million (US$1.7 million) in an advanced flake optical sorting station on the HDPE line at its polymer recycling facility in Skelmersdale, U.K. The ...

Chemists at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County have worked out a new way to recycle certain plastics infinitely, a discovery that could change the way we recycle containers like those used ...

The recycling symbol on that container doesn't necessarily mean it can go in your curbside bin. Here's how to decode those plastic recycling numbers.

Connecticut Attorney General William Tong is investigating complaints from an advertising watchdog that "recyclable" claims on much-touted high density polyethylene toothpaste tubes from ...