One of the leading U.S. senators on plastic pollution issues, Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley, is drafting legislation calling for national standards around how to label packages for recyclability.

Find out which things should stay out of the recycling bin by learning how to identify an item's recyclability based on its identification number. Getty Images / Os Tartarouchos No matter how hard we ...

Clearwater Beach, Fla. — Improving plastics recycling will require strong policies like mandated recycled content, bottle bills and extended producer responsibility, as well as support for newer ...