This story was originally published by Grist with the headline ‘Plastics are awesome’: Inside the Energy Department’s ...

manufacturing plastic in this way costs more than mechanical recycling, and more than making virgin plastic from fossil oil. That’s where Mura’s technology comes in. The method is known as ...

In a motion to intervene, Kobach’s office argued that the county is attempting to usurp the Attorney General’s Office’s ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...

Polycycl, a pioneering startup in chemical recycling, has announced a bold initiative to enable the recycling of 1.5 million ...

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used plastics, commonly found in bottles, fibers, and many other products. It is a unique member of the plastic family as it can be broken ...

Oil became more than a fuel – it was the substance that came to dominate our lives. A petrochemical shift to the rise of an ...

The move would run counter to a Biden administration push to cut back on single-use plastic, which was considered a milestone ...

Polyethylene terephthalate is one of the few plastics that can be effectively broken down into its base materials by microbial enzymes. Recently, a team of researchers from Kyungpook National ...

APR Plastics, a recycling partner of Recycle Smart and some local councils, has been experimenting with attempts to turn soft plastics into oil. This oil can then be refined and used in new plastic ...

Dozens of New York advocacy groups called on state Attorney General Letitia James on Monday to file a complaint against Exxon ...

From oil extraction and plastic production to product use, recycling and disposal, the entire lifecycle of plastics leaves a trail of destruction. Plastics are inherently more complex than other ...