Global Production Every year, the world produces a staggering 400 million tons of plastic. This sheer volume of production is ...

The €500 French scheme will support the chemical recycling of certain types of plastic waste, including textiles. Credit: Natali Ximich/Shutterstock. The initiative from the government in France ...

A startup in Mexico is trying to tackle a Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into gasoline ... (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) Different types of plastic are seen inside Petgaserita, a ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...