As plastic piles up in landfills, New York authorities on the state and local levels are shifting their focus from recycling ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Most West Michiganders who recycle can expect their sorted and baled plastic waste to be shipped to processing facilities all across the Midwest and sometimes beyond.

It took backed up dock loads of baled plastic across west coast ports for reporters to realize that almost all of the plastics we were adding to our recycling bins were being shipped overseas.

The full conversion process is a company secret, but it begins with breaking bales of plastic apart, then shredding the plastic into small pellets. "We've got employees that are basically refinery ...