Not many pill bottles are getting recycled in the U.S. despite them being made of commonly recyclable material. A new Closed ...

Plastic waste is becoming an increasing problem, with 50 million tonnes of single-use plastic being produced each year.

Nobody likes to see plastic bottles overflowing in bins and rattling around the streets. These single-use receptacles are a ...

Despite polyethylene terephthalate (PET) being one of the most widely recycled plastics, only about 20% of used PET bottles ...

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Two chemists in lab coats, gloves, and safety glasses work in a fume hood. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen work on a way to recycle polyethylene terephthalate to create a carbon capture ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The ...

Sulayr Recycling has strengthened its transparent-to-transparent, tray-to-tray PET recycling operations by integrating ...

Workers sort through garbage to see what's in landfills. (IA DNR photo) The Iowa DNR has released three studies on the environmental and economic impacts of recycling in the state. The DNR’s Laurie ...

Rhode Island legislators introduced three bills to address plastic bottle waste, including a "bottle bill" and an "extended producer responsibility" program. The bottle bill would implement a 10-cent ...