Plastic pollution is an endemic global problem, in large part because the petroleum-based products don't break down naturally ...

Not all plastic is the same. Old yogurt cups and milk jugs, for example, don’t play well together when being turned into new ...

The age of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste may soon be over. The secret weapon? A cheap catalyst made from nickel that ...

One of the biggest challenges in recycling plastic is that there are several kinds of plastic that end up in our bins – and ...

A team of chemists may have found a way to solve the plastic recycling problem - and it starts with a little help from nickel ...

It wasn't intended to indicate plastics' recyclability. But consumers misinterpreted it, and the industry encouraged them.

This requires wide-scale behavioral change around consumption and disposal, in conjunction with wide-scale adoption of a new ...

More MRFs are adding technologies to sort the material, but some brands and manufacturers are still switching away from the ...

Numerous interventions are needed to recycle more healthcare plastic, but the system is complex, according to a new report.

“Any useful carbon capture material needs to be made in the millions of tons per year from cheap and abundant sources,” says ...