Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.

About 70 percent of PVC goes to building and construction uses such as pipes, cables, siding, window and door profiles, flooring, fencing, decking and roofing. The low-cost, easy-to-install products ...

At CES 2026, Clear Drop showcased its solution for homes and businesses to ensure that 100% of soft plastic waste is diverted from landfills.

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While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. The roads of the future could be paved with plastic Stanford researchers show the viability of recycled plastic in construction. These ...

Learn how UNR’s Environmental Health & Safety supports plastic film recycling with new campus drop‑off locations and ...

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At CES 2026, WES-Tec Global showcased a construction technology aimed at tackling plastic pollution ...

ANN ARBOR – PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is a prevalent plastic in the United States and is the third highest plastic produced in the world by volume. We encounter PVC every day, since numerous ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

Last week’s report on California’s abysmal plastics recycling rates made it clear that the state, and individual citizens, ...