Recent concerns about contaminants in black-colored plastics sparked consumer concerns, but there’s more than one reason to ...

CBS News journalists across the country dropped cold drink cups — with trackers attached inside — into recycling bins at ...

But recycling is a multi-faceted and complicated service; not all municipalities collect and process the same materials in the same ways. Plastic — a fossil-fuel based material that comes in thousands ...

Modern society has a big problem when it comes to plastic -- and it's contributing heavily to pollution and climate change.

A study published in October found black plastic could exposure people to dangerous levels of the flame retardant BDE-209.

The plastic wrapping holding the bread for your many, many Christmas sandwiches can go in the recycling bin - but the crumbs ...