HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business that's failed three fire safety inspections and has yet to gain state approval to store plastic, workers quickly closed a ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever recycled. The city of ...