"This pioneering project is setting a new industry standard, truly changing how PET food trays are recycled and speeding up ...

As plastic waste piles up worldwide, researchers are uncovering troubling ways it's being reused, with consequences that ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

A new startup is revolutionizing how textile and plastic waste are recycled, cutting costs and improving efficiency.

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, ...

Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

Paper, yard trimmings, wood, and other materials all end up in municipal landfills in significant quantities, and yet no one ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...