Due to a ban on plastic bags, many shoppers are swimming in reusable bags. Some retailers are embracing paper bags, but critics say they’re also bad for the environment.

What if a machine could suck up carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, run it through a series of chemical reactions, and essentially spit out industrially useful plastic?

Most people who separate their plastic waste for recycling assume the bulk of it will in fact be recycled. But current ...

Thermoplastic composites are always said to be “recyclable.” Netherlands-based recycler Spiral RTC discusses the process, ...

Rats are thin-tailed, medium-sized rodents, and you can find them all over the world. “True rats” belong to the genus Rattus, ...

The Peoria Fire Department is reminding residents that only approved fireworks are allowed to be used in the city and that ...

KULPMONT, Pa. — In the lot of the former Kulpmont High School on Spruce Street is a new structure. It houses a new cardboard ...

At UVA Health, the iconic orange plastic pill bottle is getting a makeover. Some prescriptions are now being filled in a new, recyclable paper bottle.

Tiny plastic pellets (nurdles) found on beaches in Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala following the sinking of the container vessel MSC ELSA3 could have serious implications for the marine and coastal ...

LyondellBasell's Houston Refinery stopped producing in early 2025. The company plans to convert part of the facility into a chemical recycling facility for plastics.

Plastic companies are using a convoluted accounting system to make it seem that their products have more recycled content than they really do. Here’s how it works: Petrochemical companies use a ...

UNC-Chapel Hill has withdrawn its application to burn pellets made of paper and plastic scraps instead of coal in its power plant on Cameron Avenue. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality ...