Tiny plastic pieces top the list of trash on Great Lakes beaches
The nonprofit Alliance for the Great Lakes analyzed 20 years of data from volunteer beach cleanups.
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Paused Ohio chemical recycling plant puts spotlight on Appalachia as ‘prime target’ for the controversial practice
Chemical recycling uses heat, chemicals or both to break down plastic waste into component parts for reuse as plastic feedstocks or as fuel.
Taxpayers subsidize polluting plastics plants like Shell’s ethane cracker, report finds
Many plastics plants that have received tax incentives like Shell's Beaver County facility routinely break environmental laws.
Allegheny County to consider ban on single-use plastic bags
The ordinance was introduced at a meeting Tuesday and referred to council’s committee on sustainability and green initiatives.
Plastic recycler plans to move ahead with Pa. plant after withdrawing key permit application
The plant along the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County would break down plastics into chemical building blocks.
Groups threaten to sue Beaver County plastics manufacturer for releasing ‘nurdles’ into Ohio River tributary
The groups say they found plastic pellets called nurdles near the outfall of the Styropek plant along Raccoon Creek.
Pittsburgh is banning plastic bags next month. Here’s what you need to know.
Pittsburgh's plastic bag ban goes into effect Oct. 14. Here’s what you can expect and need to know ahead of the rollout.
A Penn State researcher weighs in on the UN negotiations to end plastic pollution
Countries met in Paris to decide whether plastic production or recycling should be the focus of the agreement they hope to adopt by 2024.
Allegheny County could consider ban on single-use plastic bags
The council’s Committee on Sustainability and Green Initiatives held a hearing about how they might address plastic pollution in the county.
‘Advanced’ plastic recycling using high heat and chemicals is environmentally problematic, a new government study finds
Industry is pursuing various technologies to recycle plastic, but environmentalists say they only worsen environmental problems.
