First, the mixed recyclables are shredded and crushed into smaller fragments, enabling more effective separation. The mixed fragments pass over rotating screens that remove cardboard and paper, ...

A team of chemists may have found a way to solve the plastic recycling problem - and it starts with a little help from nickel ...

The age of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste may soon be over. The secret weapon? A cheap catalyst made from nickel that ...

An ABC News report finds some plastic bags deposited in retail recycling programs end up in landfills or incinerated.

Founders of Resynergi, a plastics recycling startup, say they've developed a proprietary method for breaking the strong ...

ABC News tracked dozens of plastic bags placed in retailers' recycling bins as part of an investigation into the effectiveness of America's recycling streams.

Recycle plastic bags? You may be surprised to hear they often end up in landfills or shipped overseas to places like Indonesia and Malaysia.

A group of retirees in Tucson is transforming plastic shopping bags into sleeping mats for the homeless. These retirees, ...