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6. The 'Seedling' indicates the packaging it is stamped on is industrially compostable. Compostable plastics which carry this ...

This handy guide to recycling plastic will tell you everything you need to know about plastics, including the recycling symbols meaning. All plastics are not created equal. If you must buy plastic, ...

Two global international plastics recycling organizations have developed what they call a global definition intended to govern the use of the term “recyclable” as is relates to plastics packaging and ...

I see recyclables in the trash at every coffee shop I visit. I thought all businesses were supposed to recycle these days? — Lynn F. The short answer — yes, they are supposed to recycle. And not just ...

As useful as plastics are in our everyday life, they’re difficult to recycle, meaning most ends up in landfill or polluting the environment. Now, researchers in Japan have used a novel catalyst to ...

This story was produced by Grist and co-published with Teen Vogue. In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside ...