Americans buy over 680 million detergent bottles a year, and most of that plastic never becomes a new product.

A report by the advocacy groups Beyond Plastics and International Pollutants Elimination Network (IPEN) says chemical recycling of plastics creates large amounts of toxic waste, contributes to climate ...

A new study highlights distributed recycling for additive manufacturing (DRAM) as a promising solution to plastic waste, addressing traditional recycling's low economic value.

When California Attorney General Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations ...

West Monroe, LA (KTVE/KARD) Organized by Ouachita Green, as well as Blake Wheelis and Peggy Sullivan from State Farm ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...

At present, only two groups of plastic, polyethylene (PET) and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) among seven plastic groups are widely and easily recycled. However, the majority of plastic wastes are ...

The world needs more homes. The world also has too much plastic. Perhaps the only thing those two problems have in common is ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...