Researchers have developed a method to destroy fluorine-containing PFAS (sometimes labelled 'forever chemicals') while recovering their fluorine content for future use.

Every year, millions of tires end up in landfills, creating an environmental crisis with far-reaching consequences. In the ...

With the COtooCLEAN process, they aim to convert postconsumer polyolefin packaging into high-quality food-grade recycled ...

Manufactured objects will form distinctive, if sometimes hard to interpret, clues to human existence, paleontologist authors ...

One small-business owner found an ingenious way to reuse plastic pill bottles, cutting down on costs and waste.

The U.S. Plastics Pact and Circular.co explore how shifting procurement strategies—and mindsets—can help unlock demand for ...

It's the latest in a string of proposals that have elicited mixed public reactions and drawn opposition from the restaurant ...

Binning gum is not the solution either. Addressing gum as a plastic pollutant dictates that the prevention of gum pollution ...

In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture from air to breaking down the waste. The process begins with an ...

Walmart, the world's largest retailer, will miss a series of plastic packaging related goals for 2025, including cuts to overall use of resin and increasing the use of recycled content.

Glass bottles and metal cans are much more likely to be recycled, while the waste that is least likely to be recycled is plastic, Watkyn says, with just 12% recycled in the UK. “The figures vary ...

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process ...