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Maplewood has shared its recycling schedule for 2026. New this year, “we just expanded plastic recycling to include items ...

The world is miserable at recycling plastics. Currently, just 10–15% of the plastic waste we generate annually is recycled — with the rest incinerated, buried in landfill or dumped as litter 1, 2. A ...

Plastics are everywhere, shaping industries with their durability, low cost, and lightweight properties. Over the last seven ...

An economic analysis reveals that redirecting just half of America's plastic waste from landfills to recycling facilities could create more than 173,000 jobs and generate nearly $49 billion in annual ...