Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Eleven years ago, Stephen West was ...

plastics, batteries, textiles, waste electrics and coffee pods. The Conservative government pledged not to introduce legislation that would require households to have at least seven bins ...

HOLLAND — The city of Holland has been working with artificial intelligence software company Prairie Robotics to help identify recycling contaminants and educate residents about what can and can ...

An estimated 20 million people work informally in waste management around the world, especially in the Global South. They make up 60% of the world’s recycling workforce. In places where there is not ...

Cyclyx provided a tour of its giant warehouse, the size of nine football fields ... For that effort, residents toss limited ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the ... "If you put it in the recycling bin it's actually getting recycled and not just going straight to landfill," said Khatore.

Scientists have now utilized that fact to produce "living plastic" that biodegrades – but only under specific conditions. Spores are a dormant form taken by some types of bacteria, typically ...

Learn more. How to make the black plastic on your car look new again. All plastics eventually fade when exposed to the environment, but if your car’s trim is starting to look gray and sad ...

“Here’s a cute little goose,” said Vicki Liantonio, “a couple of rabbits, of course, we’ve got little cop toys, a little VW Bus, quirky, vintage stuff. And this is the second time we’ve gotten this, ...

It’s made of easy-to-clean plastic that can handle a few dings, and it is lightweight enough to carry to a drop-off site. Before testing the OXO bin, I considered myself a freezer-only composter ...

A new interactive map has laid bare Britain's bin postcode lottery where some families ... Each week binmen collect food waste from green caddies; paper, plastic and metals and glass in separate ...