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In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned ...

Two global international plastics recycling organizations have developed what they call a global definition intended to govern the use of the term “recyclable” as is relates to plastics packaging and ...

The European Union wants to reduce waste by encouraging recycling and reuse in its new packaging law, but the pressure is on to get the right definition and criteria for what constitutes “high-quality ...

Metzger cited the Merriam-Webster definition of the word, which says that recycling means processing something “in order to regain material for human use.” For the experts and entrepreneurs who favor ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...