The plastics industry is trying to protect profits not the planet. It knows ‘advanced recycling’ won’t solve its pollution.

With the right technologies and public sector support, we can turn the very waste polluting our rivers and bodies into a resource that fuels sustainable industry.

Research shows the extent of plastic pollution today — and why the U.N. is negotiating a treaty to keep it from getting worse.

Only 5 to 6% of plastic waste produced in the U.S. is actually recycled. A new report accuses the plastics industry of a decades-long campaign to "mislead" the public about the viability of recycling.

Faced with the explosion of plastic consumption, scientists and institutions are warning: recycling will not be enough.

The industry responded by pitching recycling. But almost from the outset, corporations knew that recycling probably wouldn’t work to rein in waste, multiple investigations have shown.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, only 15% of plastic waste is collected for recycling, and, of that, 40% is discarded from the recycling process on account ...

Divers, making research around the area, also pick up wastes. Plastic pollution, seen in diving at Mount Kel, point up the danger for marine species, wildlife habitat and environment.

The AQMD uses several rules to regulate air pollution from such facilities, but one of the main ones is Rule 1157, which requires certain dust control measures at aggregate recycling facilities ...

While only about 5% of U.S. plastic waste is recycled, and the recycling rate has never exceeded 9%, since 1970 the Exxon Mobil-backed Council for Solid Waste Solutions also adapted and promoted ...

Putting garbage in landfills is often much cheaper than recycling. My town would save $340 million a year if it just stopped recycling. But they won’t, “because people demand it,” says Tierney.

She feels Colorado's recycling rate between 15 to 16% over the last few years is unacceptable. "It feels really conflicting with what I think our idea of what Colorado stands for," Owens said.