Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Last week’s report on California’s abysmal plastics recycling rates made it clear that the state, and individual citizens, ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic is processed at Exxon Mobil's chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, in October 2023. (Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty ...

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

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...

Trying to recycle the wrong materials only clogs up the system. We asked a recycling expert about the dos and don'ts of recycling takeout boxes.

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." A research team led by ...

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.