The company made the announcement at an event held at Everyman cinema in Leeds, showing a film illustrating the project development “from concept to realisation”. The film showed the collected ...

Lego has abandoned plans to make its famous bricks from recycled plastic bottles, saying that the manufacturing process would be more polluting than the current production of oil-based bricks.

Less than 10% of plastic waste is recycled, and the vast majority ends up in landfills, incinerated or in the world’s oceans and rivers. All of which has created a new pressure — and an ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim.

Some Long Island nurseries and big-box stores are offering an eco-friendly solution. They are offering to recycle the ...

Doctors pointed out that the widespread use of black plastic food containers is driven by their low cost compared to white ones, which, though mostly plastic-based, are made from different materials.

Carbon emissions saved each year by phasing out concrete sleepers and replacing them with such recycled plastic could amount to the equivalent of heating for 1,200 Finnish households.