Dow’s digital tracking system in China proves to consumers and businesses how waste can be recycled into new products.

Although the need for effective waste management has been recognized for decades, human and environmental health challenges associated with plastic waste are not only growing but also accelerating.

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

UB researchers want to provide regulators and others a quick and reliable way to assess sustainability claims.

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

A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction ...

The first time I heard about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, I thought it was a bad joke. My incredulity soon turned to horror when I realized it’s real. The garbage patch, also known as the Pacific ...

Over five informative and innovative weekly webinars, the Thermo Fisher Scientific webinar series “Sustainable Products from Plastic Waste” introduced advancements in science to create efficient ...

Recycled fishing nets and household plastics create durable roads while reducing marine debris and landfill overflow in ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to convert a chemical building block of ...

They say one man’s trash is another man’s treasure, or in this case, therapeutic, as a pioneering method turns waste plastic ...