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?

New research shows that microplastics from paint and food processing are seeping into our food and drink. At this point, most ...

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

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.

In Jeju, some 66 per cent of all household waste, which includes plastic, paper, food and other municipal waste, is recycled, according to data from the Korean environment ministry. The global average ...

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.

According to a paper published in Nature Communications, University of San Diego researchers created a biodegradable plastic from bacterial spores and thermoplastic polyurethane pellets. Plastic ...

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 ...

Steer World in Bengaluru has introduced the Omega Twin-Screw Extrusion Technology, a breakthrough for recycling previously un-meltable plastics like crosslinked polyethylene (XLPE). This innovation ...