Study shows biodegradable plastics offer superior chemical recyclability and economic value for sustainable waste management ...

The amount of plastic waste around the world continues to grow, ushering in a rising environmental, economic and public health crisis that affects everyone and everything on the planet. A 2022 report ...

People walking the streets of downtown Petaluma, California, started seeing something new on the sidewalks in summer. Alongside the usual trash cans and recycling containers were large purple bins ...

With 430 million tons of plastic waste generated annually and less than 10% of it recycled, the plastic crisis is out of control. Thankfully, HIRO Technologies is creating a new path forward, powered ...

At a New Hampshire facility, agricultural plastics are compacted together. Photo courtesy Guy Crosby/Community News Service Natalie Bankmann is a reporter for the Community News Service, part of the ...

A study published in Nature Communications has shown that, rather than being discarded, plastics can be transformed into valuable carbon nanomaterials that help solve both energy and environmental ...

An Adams County homeowner has recycled her vinyl siding into a patio with the help of CRDC, a plastics recycling company in York. Only 20 pounds of waste was generated from the entire farmhouse ...

A team of students from Carnegie Mellon University’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy investigated whether recycling facilities could effectively sort plastics by the sounds they ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh are working on engineering bacteria to convert chemicals derived from waste ...