Two House lawmakers have unveiled legislation intent on boosting plastics recycling, an ambitious plan reflecting industry’s dreams and some environmentalists’ nightmares. The bipartisan bill, H.R.

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. Plastics are among the ...

Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...