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. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to stick ...

Penn State researchers have developed a way to turn discarded plastic bottles into battery-grade graphite for use in electric ...

The European Commission has launched a public consultation on rules for calculating, verifying and reporting recycled content in single-use plastic beverage bottles, including chemically recycled ...

WILSONVILLE Ore. (KPTV) - On shelves right now, new Coca-Cola bottles made entirely out of recycled plastic. Local bottlers in Wilsonville are among the first to roll out this new initiative. For the ...