Recycled plastic pellets can release a hidden mix of over 80 chemicals into water, disrupting hormones and fat metabolism in zebrafish larvae. Researchers warn that unknown and toxic additives make ...

When scientists examined pellets from recycled plastic collected in 13 countries they found hundreds of toxic chemicals, including pesticides and pharmaceuticals. Because of this, the scientists judge ...

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Companies that buy bales of plastic scrap to make recycled pellets have horror stories about what they’ve found in bales—concrete blocks, chunks of metal and even dead animals. But most recyclers ...

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.

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A snapshot of "nurdles" collected from Galveston, Texas, shorelines shows the condition of these plastics as they weather in the ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...

MOUNDSVILLE, W.Va. — Do you go through tons of plastic bags like bread bags or even shipping bags? Well, don't throw them away as Moundsville has added plastic to its recycling program. “This is a new ...

A new industry-led soft plastics recycling scheme is gearing up to replace Australia’s failed REDcycle programme, aiming to revive collection, reduce waste to landfill and impose a levy on ...

North American prices for recycled PET pellets have had a slight increase over the last quarter. Clear post-consumer PET pellet prices have increased by 2 cents per pound and green post-consumer ...