A council is inviting people to donate old clothes and fabric as part of a recycling trial which will raise money for charity and potentially create new clothing. Residents will be able to donate ...

Responding to a shortage of places to recycle cans and bottles, state officials announced that residents in 30 counties, including Los Angeles County, are getting modernized recycling centers or ...

However, current recycling practices fall short of this goal. Most plastic waste is recycled mechanically: shredded and then melted down. Although this process does result in new plastic products ...

Chemical recycling can be used to produce high-quality products from plastic waste. Scientists at ETH Zurich have succeeded in breaking down polyethylene and polypropylene into molecules that can be ...

A 'ticking time bomb' was unleashed inside this retired school teacher's body when she was exposed to asbestos. Now she's joining the fight to make the removal of the deadly material safe and ...

A household waste recycling centre will close after its owner decided work to upgrade it was "unaffordable". Kirklees Council said it would shut the tip on Nab Lane in Birstall as well as reducing ...

The technique of haaf net fishing used on the Solway goes back centuries The number of salmon caught by fishermen on the Solway Firth using the ancient technique of haaf netting has fallen sharply.