Two chemists in lab coats, gloves, and safety glasses work in a fume hood. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen work on a way to recycle polyethylene terephthalate to create a carbon capture ...

Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a comprehensive new study shows. Plastic production has exploded in the meantime, creating a "pressing global environmental challenge ...

Most people are aware that plastic waste is a problem. Almost all types of plastics that we use in our everyday lives are ...

A promising new material created from plants could help replace the single-use plastics that dominate our everyday lives. Developed by researchers in Japan, this cellulose-based paperboard is durable, ...

Australia's first large-scale soft plastics recycling facility is processing huge loads each day, turning waste into a useful raw material.

Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching... The plastics industry has worked for decades to ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Perhaps fittingly, state lawmakers are recycling proposals if not actual legislation from last year as they address how to encourage the recycling of more packaging and reduce the amount of waste that ...

In the 2008 Disney film Wall-E, a tiny robot finds himself alone on planet Earth, working to clean up a world decimated by trash and abandoned by humans who left it that way. Heartwarming as the film ...

Scientists have discovered a chemical that can recycle plastic in just 24 hours. Scientists at King's College London found that the enzyme commonly used in most laundry detergents could assist with ...

Food safety experts weigh in on whether or not you can reuse plastic resealable bags. It’s generally safe to reuse plastic freezer and sandwich bags if they haven't stored raw meat, fish, eggs, or ...

Showcasing at CES 2026, Soft Plastic Compactor by Clear Drop is designed to prepare soft plastics for recycling the moment ...