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

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In ...

The vast majority of the world’s plastic isn’t recycled because it’s currently cheaper to produce new plastic. But nature has evolved in response. Several species of insects, bacteria, and fungi can ...

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute says mechanical recycling of plastic offers climate benefits.

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been ...

Plastic recycling remains a serious problem. Inadequate recycling not only increases the amount of waste left in landfills, incineration plants and nature but also contributes to the formation of ...

Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach hopes to intervene in a lawsuit accusing major plastics manufacturers of engaging in a ...

These techniques involve using electron beam accelerators to irradiate post-consumer plastics to recycle them and to more easily reform them into other products. “ Irradiating materials is no longer ...

The hottest potential new currency lies in our trash bins, Arthur Huang says, and he’s built a portable recycling plant to prove it. His solar-powered Trashpresso turns plastic waste into small ...

but what would really solve the problem would be decentralized recycling, and these open-source plastics recycling machines might just jump-start that effort. We looked at [Precious Plastic] two ...

Black plastics often contain particularly high levels of flame retardants, according to a new study. The chemicals are often used in electronics, but recycling has brought them to products that ...

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