In a nutshell Recycled plastic pellets from India, Nigeria, and Taiwan leaked 84 different chemicals into water, including pesticides, pharmaceuticals, and plastic additives — with ...

In the U.S., about 26-27 million tons of plastic were sent to landfills in 2018 and 2019, according to the EPA.

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim.

Not now. Maybe not ever. In traditional recycling, plastic is turned into tiny pellets or flakes, which you can melt again and mold back into recycled plastic products.

Plastic companies are using a convoluted accounting system to make it seem that their products have more recycled content than they really do. Here’s how it works: Petrochemical companies use a ...

On a global scale, the virgin plastic market is expanding alongside growth in the market for recycled polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, and recycled plastic products.

Items made from black plastics, like spatulas, toys and take-out containers, may contain harmful chemicals from recycled electronics. We VERIFY data on health risks.

Recycled plastics in green building materials market refers to post-consumer or post-industrial plastic waste that has been made into sustainable products of construction materials, such as ...

Avient offers recycled-content additives to plastic products makers Cleveland company says its OnColor line is made from recycled content, including a carbon black substitute derived from scrap tires.

The plastic will be shredded and reused to make recycled plastic products like park benches and bike racks.

Items made from black plastics, like spatulas, toys and take-out containers, may contain harmful chemicals from recycled electronics. We VERIFY data on health risks.