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

A new University at Buffalo study finds that people in the United States generate similar amounts of plastic packaging waste ...

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 ...

Discover the challenges of global waste management as this video explores the dramatic increase in population and its impact on garbage production and sustainability. Delving into recycling statistics ...

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

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

A concurrent discovery in PMMA recycling from researchers at ETH Zurich relies on UV-activated chlorinated solvents to drive ...

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

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

Leaders push for policies to boost US manufacturing, recycling, and fair trade at the Plastics Industry Fly-In ...

Recycling infrastructure inequities in the South, sparsely populated states tied to lower income, less-college educated ...