New chemical reactions aren't everyday phenomena, but that's exactly what researchers in Australia discovered, and it could ...

A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and those variations in composition necessitate sorting out waste before ...

Environmental advocates are bracing for a potential exemption from the Clean Air Act to promote so-called “advanced” or “chemical” recycling through pyrolysis.

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor that transforms hard-to-recycle plastic waste into clean hydrogen ...

Global demand for recycled materials is driving new supply-chain opportunities. Global brands are moving toward a more ...

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your climate impact. But recycling plastic will not address the plastic pollution ...

Entrepreneur Charlie Rudkin-Wilson recycles household plastic into homewares that have featured in Vogue. Rudkin-Wilson wants to "change the perception of plastic waste and to make it seem like a ...

Researchers have developed a solar-powered reactor to break down hard-to-recycle forms of plastic waste—such as drink bottles ...

a list of common materials to test your knowledge of plastic, and to marvel at the scale of the plastic pollution crisis ...