The plastics industry has long hyped recycling, even though it is well aware that it’s been a failure. Worldwide, only 9 percent of plastic waste actually gets recycled. In the United States, the rate ...

Busan, South Korea — Several non-profit groups that operate U.S. curbside recycling programs have a simple message to diplomats trying to write a global plastics treaty: Be skeptical about seeing ...

Houston's recycling problem is significant - only about 18% of its waste is recycled, according to city estimates, compared to a statewide recycling rate of 23%, and a national rate of 32%.

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Re “The Complicated Truth About Recycling,” by Oliver Franklin-Wallis (Opinion guest essay, Dec. 3): We all need to recycle paper, cardboard, glass and metal, and compost yard waste and food scraps.

Cincinnati — Greg Janson recycles plastics. That's what he does. But this doesn't mean he likes the conditions he sees every day in the industry. And the challenges facing the business call for a new ...

Columbia recently announced that it would no longer pick up recycling for a while due to staffing shortages. While this seems like a major setback for the environment, recycling is a rapidly failing ...

Gardena, Calif., extended its commercial trash contracts this week so officials would have more time to figure out why the city is not meeting state recycling goals. The city has been on the state’s ...

PARIS — Recycling — a key tenet of sustainability — is still in its nascent phase for the beauty industry. “We can’t compete on sustainability,” said beauty veteran Victor Casale, who knows whereof he ...