A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into ...

Plastic is a really useful man-made material that has transformed our lives, but what happens after we throw it away is causing a big problem for our planet. Plastic waste can last for hundreds of ...

From takeout containers to water bottles, plastic seems unavoidable in our daily lives. Now, two new studies have found that we’re eating and drinking more plastic than we might have realized.

Global efforts backed by the United Nations to work out a treaty for ending plastic pollution stalled last month as the 175 ...

It’s the year 2025 and, by now, it is abundantly clear that we have a major plastic problem–garbage patches in the ocean, ...

The alternative plastic world is a "minefield", said Time, and "cloaked" in sustainability marketing that "at best is aspirational", and "at worst causes as many problems as the products it is ...

Now we're drowning in it. America has long had a plastic problem. It's an urgent question — what do we do with the 40 million tons of plastic waste we produce annually? One year of plastic waste ...

As a doctoral student, Kaner contributed to the discovery of electrically conductive plastic by his advisors Alan MacDiarmid ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a ...

Why is plastic pollution a problem? Plastic pollution is the most visible example of the havoc we’re causing to our planet. From our local beaches to the remote Arctic, it is choking our oceans and ...

It is evident that plastic pollution is no longer an urban problem alone. Slowly, our villages are dying because of plastic ...

PolyCycl produces virgin-quality recycled polymers that meet the stringent standards required for food-contact and ...