Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

Not many pill bottles are getting recycled in the U.S. despite them being made of commonly recyclable material. A new Closed ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that are ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The ...

Plastic waste is becoming an increasing problem, with 50 million tonnes of single-use plastic being produced each year.

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

Recycling bin filled with plastic bottles emphasizes waste management and environmental awareness. Image in public domain.

THE COMPANY OVERSEEING Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme has defended itself following criticism made in the Dáil claiming that almost 90% of the plastic that is collected is being “needlessly” shipped ...