A new federal government report finds major potential to use recycled plastic in infrastructure items like pipe but also highlights significant economic and environmental challenges to growth in other ...

As the world looks to improve on all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — as the global population increases, countries work together to forge agreements ...

If North Carolina’s rivers and creeks are its arteries, then human litter is the cholesterol that’s clogging them. Plastic waste is the most common litter found in North Carolina's streams, according ...

GLEN ELLYN, Ill., Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a significant stride toward sustainable construction and product transparency in premise plumbing systems, the Plastic Pipe and Fittings Association ...

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...