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.

Plastics labeled with resin codes between 1 and 7 used to all be eligible for recycling. Now, there's no market for some types of plastic, and nearly a quarter of what gets sent to sorting facilities ...

A panel of plastics industry stakeholders identified tools that potentially could help grow domestic demand for recycled ...