To encourage more recycling, the U.K. taxes single-use plastic products containing less than 30% recycled material. But aside from a manufacturer's word, there isn't an easy way to verify this ...

Shortage of PET resin has pushed up prices by up to 40%, with manufacturers warning impact could soon hit food and beverage ...

Over the past decade, it's come to light that plastic recycling is mostly bogus – essentially a marketing scheme crafted by the oil industry. (Raw plastic materials come from fossil fuel production.) ...

(NewsNation) — New research has found that people who drink from plastic water bottles daily are ingesting significantly higher amounts of microplastics compared to those who don’t. It’s estimated ...

Scientists have discovered how to turn used plastic bottles into a drug to treat Parkinson’s disease. Researchers at the ...

I know, know: you’re reading my headline with horror and shock, clutching your vacuum-insulated water bottle, shuddering with rage that one would even dare suggest that plastic water bottles could be ...

Cross-portfolio innovations address plastic waste crisis, mark milestone in World Without Waste goals ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Coca-Cola Company announced today in the United States the ...

Have you ever stopped to think about what happens to those little orange pill bottles after you finish your prescription? Every year, around 200 billion of these bottles are produced worldwide, and ...

If you look at the tag on a piece of clothing, you might see “recycled polyester” listed as one of the materials. Most recycled polyester that we use comes from plastic water and soda bottles! Using ...