WASHINGTON, United States — If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from ...

Recycling plastics is challenging, but new technology could produce high-quality materials for car and computer components, all while helping tackle the pollution crisis. 25 June 2025 Discarded ...

Millennials in the United States grew up taking their ability to recycle plastic bottles, food containers, and other kinds of packaging as an article of faith. The more eco-conscious among us might ...

Not all plastics are created the same, and some last longer in the ocean than others. Scientists have been working for years to quantify the environmental lifetimes of a wide range of plastic goods to ...

A prototype sensor being developed by sensor manufacturer IDEC (Sunnyvale, CA) uses light to differentiate among three different types of plastic. Aimed at the recycling industry for accurately ...

Researchers have also found “enormous” amounts of microplastics floating through urban air – far exceeding previous estimates ...

Scientists at Germany’s University of Oldenburg are preparing to turn green waste, hay and algae into fully biodegradable ...

From litter to invasives, the Great Lakes have their share of problems. At least a few dozen "nurdles" were discovered in just two hours by a team of 17 volunteers on June 22, 2024. Zebra and quagga ...