During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

Entrepreneur Charlie Rudkin-Wilson recycles household plastic into homewares that have featured in Vogue. Rudkin-Wilson wants to "change the perception of plastic waste and to make it seem like a ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

A story of innovation where recycled plastic waste is transformed into Bluetooth speakers and affordable prosthetic sockets, ...

Researchers found a way to turn plastic waste into the main ingredient in vinegar using sunlight and a simple iron based ...

The chemical and polymers firm has reduced a prior target of producing 2 million metric tons of recycled-content plastic per ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

This collaboration between four RASEI Fellows shows how electricity can be used to impart ‘superoxide powers’ to oxygen gas molecules from air, enabling the efficient recycling of PET plastics. In ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are ...