Plastic recycling seems easy — anything with the chasing arrows recycle symbol with a number in it means it can be recycled, and if there is no symbol it can’t be recycled, right? Unfortunately, no.

Today, when you recycle a plastic container, it goes to a material recovery facility, where it must be identified and sorted. Facilities typically rely on imprecise older technology to try to figure ...

PSA: Plastic food containers with these *three* recycling codes aren’t safe for your health According to a just-released report from The American Academy of Pediatrics, plastic food containers that ...

Reduce, reuse, and recycle has been a national mantra for decades. In an effort to shrink our collective carbon footprint, consumers often reuse plastic water bottles. But is this a safe practice? The ...

BEAVERTON, Ore. — Most of us want to recycle. But knowing what can and cannot go into your recycling bin can be a bit of a pain. A Beaverton company is in the midst of revolutionizing plastic ...

Electronic labels made from plastic semiconductors can now pick up and respond to radio signals at a frequency suitable for use on products. At an electronics conference in San Francisco this week, ...