The Lorain County Solid Waste Management District’s Plastic Bag Recycling Collection Contest successfully diverted hundreds of pounds of plastic grocery bags from landfills, the district reported.

DASHI STREET, PANYU DISTRICT, GUANGZHOU CHINA, GUANGZHOU, CHINA, January 19, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The global ...

At the Republic Services Recycling Center on Cole Road, waste whirs on a conveyor belt past workers who scramble to pull contaminants off the line. Trash goes in barrels at the workers’ sides, and ...

Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Researchers in Worcester Polytechnic Institute's Department of Chemical Engineering and at the University of Akron have ...

ELYRIA, Ohio — Turns out those plastic grocery bags stuffed under kitchen sinks across Lorain County were good for more than just multiplying overnight. They helped local schools win picnic tables and ...

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The recent unveiling of a novel self-recycling polymer, capable of maintaining its integral strength even after numerous recycling operations, holds immense promise for environmental sustainability ...

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.

Learn how UNR’s Environmental Health & Safety supports plastic film recycling with new campus drop‑off locations and ...