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?

At this point, most people know that microplastics are everywhere. Scientists have shown that tiny particles, amounting to ...

South of Gaza City, along the Sea Road that runs beside the Mediterranean, Palestinian youth are producing fuel by melting ...

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