"Closing the loop." Scientists make major breakthrough that could transform what happens to common waste: 'A new industry ...

Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, shows a sample of recycled plastic in asphalt and a bag of recycled plastic used to make the asphalt, May 1, ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic ...

Domestic plastic burning is prevalent in cities around the world, fuelled by poor waste management, survey finds.

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...

California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering ...

Paper, yard trimmings, wood, and other materials all end up in municipal landfills in significant quantities, and yet no one ...

A pilot project in Georgia is addressing one of the home insulation industry's most persistent sustainability challenges — the disposal of hard-to-recycle plastic packaging that typically ends up in ...

Unlocking hydrothermal liquefaction's potential, this study shows how marine plastic waste can be transformed into bio-crude, ...

"This project is about more than just statistics.' Major retailer launches game-changing initiative to tackle common problem ...