The mislabeling of recyclable materials as waste continues to be a go-to verbal technique used by recycling’s detractors. Many stakeholders and the popular press have used the words “plastic” and ...
The word “plastic” originally characterized only the material's qualities: It is malleable, pliable, and deformable. Now, researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed ...
WUHAN, CHINA - OCTOBER 29: (CHINA OUT) A worker sorts used plastic bottles at a plastics recycling mill which is ceasing production as the global financial crisis starts to bite in China's recycling ...