An item isn't truly "recycled" until it makes it back onto the grocery shelves as a new product or turned into something else. So how much recyclable material ends up back in the supermarket as a ...

The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would allow people to return used bottles and cans for a deposit, reviving a local push for the recycling method after the bottling industry ...

Polyurethane (PU) started as a solution to a 1930s shortage, but today it's a key material in industries from insulation to cushioning. Invented in 1937 by Otto Bayer and his team in Germany, PU ...

Most paper (papier) and cardboard can be recycled in the Netherlands as well as food packaging, cardboard, and parcel packaging can all get a new life. Hoera! 🎉 But if your paper is soiled, for ...

It is early morning, and 31-year-old Daniel Silberstein collects his bike from the storeroom in his block of flats. But not before he has separated out his empty ...