Today, when you recycle a plastic container, it goes to a material recovery facility, where it must be identified and sorted. Facilities typically rely on imprecise older technology to try to figure ...

Plastic recycling seems easy — anything with the chasing arrows recycle symbol with a number in it means it can be recycled, and if there is no symbol it can’t be recycled, right? Unfortunately, no.

The Philippines has been reported as one of the world’s leading plastic polluters due to our dependence on sachets and improper waste disposal. According to WWF-Philippines, the National Solid Waste ...

Electronic labels made from plastic semiconductors can now pick up and respond to radio signals at a frequency suitable for use on products. At an electronics conference in San Francisco this week, ...

Digging through my apartment and grabbing a pack of blueberries, some dishwashing liquid, a Nuttelex pot, toothpaste and some body cream, it turns out they all have different numbers and words around ...