Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank ...

In the U.S. alone, about 4 to 5 billion plastic pill bottles are thrown away each year. That’s enough plastic to circle the Earth multiple times. While they might seem harmless, these bottles ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. But what really happens ...

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates. Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday. Researchers from Tsinghua ...

In 2022, the world discarded around 268 million tonnes of plastic waste, but just 14 per cent of that – around 38 million tonnes – was recycled, according to a new analysis. The rest was ...

Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds. The benefit of plastics ...

Lummus Technology, LLC provided the funding for research on plastic waste pyrolysis oils at UT Arlington. Alexander Kaplitz does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any ...

University of Portsmouth provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Thousands of tonnes of plastic pollution could be escaping into the environment every year … from our mouths.

“We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump announced after signing an Executive Order on Feb. 10 that declared it U.S. policy to end the use of paper straws. “I’ve had [paper straws ...

Our brains are increasingly plastic. Minuscule shards and flakes of polymers are surprisingly abundant in brain tissue, a study of postmortem brains shows. This appraisal of microplastics and ...

An alarming study that had Americans tossing out their black plastic kitchen utensils, toys and to-go packages earlier this month overstated the concern, the researchers admit. But they still say ...