In the public’s mind, and to many governments and industry groups, recycling happens any time a used product is refashioned into something new. It’s this definition that allows so many T-shirts, tote ...

It's a hard plastic signified by the number "1" inside the triangle. Once a PET bottle goes to a recycling plant ... In Australia, PET is used to make water and soft drink bottles.

Window panes, mirrors, light bulbs and tableware are impractical to recycle. Bottles and jars are usually fine. Compact ...

Tens of thousands of empty plastic water bottles from the water shortage that hit Conwy last will be collected by council recycling teams - but only if they are in clear bin bags. Last week a ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade ...

Days without water ... of their piles of plastic bottles. Social media has been awash with grumbles as people faced up to making special trips to local household recycling centres.

And of the single-use plastic food and drink packaging being produced, 85 per cent of it will wind up in landfill or as unregulated ... Reusable water bottles can be made from stainless steel ...

Twice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst ...

PHUKET: Plastic bottles and empty beer cans roll ... trucks and tractors trundle back and forth moving piles of trash around a sprawling landfill, the final destination for much of the more ...