Tossing everything into the blue bin (or however it’s sorted in your area) feels like a good deed for the planet. People ...

The Plastic Reduction Alliance played a game of “Is it recyclable?” Wednesday night. “For the longest time, I thought any ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something ...

Hawaii has a plastic problem. The island state faces economic and logistical challenges in recycling plastic waste, including ...

Sand, rock, and melted plastic now sit beneath the tires on a quiet residential street in Oahu. For nearly a year, cars have ...

So many of us have grown up learning not to throw away plastics - right? -like, that they belong in the recycling bin, not the trash. Well now, California is suing ExxonMobil and saying that that is a ...

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.

Investigative journalist John Stossel investigates why recycling plastic is counterproductive. He speaks with science writer John Tierney about why it would be cheaper and more environmentally ...

Scientists at University of Edinburgh engineered bacteria to convert plastic bottles into L-DOPA, a Parkinson's medication, ...

In a new study, scientists from the universities of Portsmouth and Manchester report that a specially engineered enzyme can ...

In this world, plastic is the most stubborn waste. Normally, the plastic waste gets disposed of via municipal collection, which leads to open-pit burn.

Plastoline, a fuel made from everyday plastic waste, powers a Rolls-Royce for the first time, showing a new path for clean, ...