"It is providing a solution." Officials launch innovative partnership to solve major problem with common waste: 'I'm very ...

The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on ...

In the late 1940s, following wartime-driven innovation, the mass production of inexpensive plastics revolutionized American ...

Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels. While scientists are ...

Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, shows a sample of recycled plastic in asphalt and a bag of recycled plastic used to make the asphalt, May 1, ...

A Los Angeles Times editorial is asking for a "do over" in the plastic bag ban that actually led to more plastic waste, according to a recent report. After California became the first state in 2016 to ...

In the 2008 Disney film Wall-E, a tiny robot finds himself alone on planet Earth, working to clean up a world decimated by trash and abandoned by humans who left it that way. Heartwarming as the film ...

And of the 10 highest ocean plastic polluters, six countries accounting for more than 50 per cent of global plastic waste are ...

In a landfill, a plastic bottle can take more than a thousand years to break down. But a new process can transform polyethylene plastic in days, using bacteria to eat the waste and then turn it into a ...

For most people on the planet, plastic has become inescapable. It’s also harmful to humans and the environment, exposing us to toxins, polluting ecosystems and entering our food, water and air through ...

It’s been 10 years since California became the first state to ban single-use plastic bags and in that time, plastic bag waste has increased by 47%. What happened? Let’s dig into this recent article ...

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...