Thanks to science, the materials currently causing pollution can be converted to create a more sustainable and cleaner future ...

MacroCycle's approach to recycling dramatically reduces the amount of energy needed to produce new material, potentially ...

Bacterial Cellulose Supermaterials Break Strength Barriers Scientists at Rice University and University of Houston have ...

Health concerns have been raised over plans to open the UK's first plastic film recycling facility. Endolys Ltd announced ...

A new report from a National Academies of Sciences panel on making plastics greener looked at its use in packaging, building ...

Plastic waste could soon fuel clean technology, as scientists develop methods to transform discarded plastics into ...

Clodagh Hayes and Grainne Dineen, students from Loreto Secondary School in Fermoy, Co. Cork, Ireland, shared their progress ...

A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...

Japanese scientists have developed a new type of plastic that’s strong at room temperature, but can be easily broken down on demand into its base components. In seawater, it starts to break down into ...

Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

Plastics are tough and versatile materials, which is great when they’re in use but not so good when they end up in the environment. Scientists at EPFL have now developed a new PET-like plastic ...

We’ve managed to accumulate so much plastic trash that it’s daunting to think about what could be done with the tons upon tons of nonbiodegradable waste. And as much as we are trying to scale back our ...