In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture ...

Using moisture from the air, Northwestern University chemists in Evanston, Illinois, have developed a new method for breaking ...

Microplastics are everywhere, including your favorite foods and drinks. Here's how to reduce plastic particles.

A team of scientists with Professor Tobin J. Marks broke down plastic using a simple, inexpensive catalyst and air.

We used to worry about the plastic trash we could see, but we’ve now found that plastic breaks down into particles as small ...

Many in the St. Petersburg community thought the paper vs. plastic straw debate ended in 2018, because that’s when the city ...

Six companies that are part of the National Association for PET Container Resources are banding together to create the PET ...

In 2016, humanity had already discarded enough plastic to wrap the entire Earth in cling wrap, and in the intervening years, that number has increased by about 50%.

New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. In experiments, method recovered 94% of monomers ...