HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

It's Earth Week, here's how consumers and companies are trying to improve waste management across the country.

Although the need for effective waste management has been recognized for decades, human and environmental health challenges associated with plastic waste are not only growing but also accelerating.

Gaps still remain. We need to continue strengthening infrastructure and aligning efforts across public and private sectors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic is processed at Exxon Mobil's chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, in October 2023. (Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty ...

Chemical recycling uses heat or chemicals to break down plastics. The main method, a process known as pyrolysis, has long ...

Advanced recycling offers something conventional recycling never could — a way to truly undo plastic.

Note: Eastman Chemical Company’s first “molecular recycling” facility is now fully operational in Kingsport. It uses a process called methanolysis to reduce hard-to-recycle waste plastic to its ...

It's commonly believed that recycling plastic waste on a large scale will have a positive impact on the environment, but the ...

By optimizing the process for large-scale applications, the researchers aim to ensure it can handle vast quantities of plastic waste. "Our technology has the potential to significantly reduce plastic ...

Among the various plastic recycling methods being explored, one promising approach is biological plastic recycling, also ...