A new UN report finds that more and more electronic waste, or e-waste, is being produced worldwide—recycling efforts are not ...

In early December 2024, hopes for a landmark global treaty to curb plastic pollution were dashed as negotiations in South ...

Plastic waste remains an unsolved and a fast-growing environmental challenge, calling for breakthroughs in recycling technologies. Now, researchers from Korea have discovered that adding water to ...

ORNL researchers developed a method to upcycle discarded plastics into high-value macromolecules, enhancing properties for sustainable applications.

urged Lee Zeldin, Trump's nominee to head the EPA, to put microplastics and chemical recycling high on his agenda. "We're learning more and more. We now have plastics in breast milk, plastics in ...

This estimation accounts for losses during production, usage, collection, biodegradation, and recycling process yield losses. Thus, significant sustainable virgin plastic production will still be ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires into chemical-laced infernos that burn hotter, faster, and more toxic than their predecessors.

It’s the time of the year big companies present their annual results and global packaging and recycling specialist Alpla is no exception. In 2024 its turnover increased by EUR 200 million to EUR 4.9 ...

Saudi Arabia: 1. The European Union and its allies: 0. As the dust settles on last month’s failed United Nations negotiations to end plastic pollution, high-ambition countries in Europe and elsewhere ...

In his book The Mathematical Universe, mathematician William Dunham wrote of John Venn’s namesake legacy, the Venn diagram, “No one in the long history of mathematics ever became better known ...

I started my plastics ... recycling. Our clients were attracted to our practical methods of diverting byproducts to recycling and repurposing and documenting the savings. The process always ...