According to the findings of a series of trials funded by U.K.-based Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP), it is possible to recycle almost all plastic packaging waste from residents. WRAP’s ...

For more than a decade, Courtney Williams and her family have lived in the shadow of the Wheelabrator waste-to-energy incinerator, located along the Hudson River in Peekskill, New York. "We go outside ...

Plastic bags deposited in recycling centers at Walmart and Target stores are not ending up in recycling facilities, according to a report from ABC News. ABC News deployed trackers in plastic bags ...

NEW YORK — After 20 years of operation, a national online recycling directory for plastic bags and plastic films has been taken offline, six months after an ABC News investigation. The Film Drop-Off ...

Cities and towns across Massachusetts started banning plastic bags around 2015, and environmental organizations won’t be happy until residents in all 351 are lugging home groceries in paper or ...

In a pilot project for the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association and Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corp., 15 Ocean State marinas recycled 40,000 pounds of marine shrink wrap this year. Plastic ...