Scientists Figured Out How to Recycle Plastic by Vaporizing It A new technique could prevent tons of waste in the future—if it can scale. Photograph: Rolf Vennenbernd/Getty Images ...

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week.

According to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, only between 5 to 9% of plastic waste is ...

There’s more plastic per bottle, which makes it easier to recycle and makes the whole system kind of work a little bit better, but you’re using twice as much plastic for no reason.” Limited Recycling ...

ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith visits a University of Houston lab for a rare look at one way plastic could be recycled.

There's no reason for your household castoffs to be destined for the dump. Here's how to recycle almost anything, from paint to wine corks to teddy bears.

One phrase that’s become quite contentious is the “full life cycle” of plastic. Basically, some groups are hoping to go ...

Discover an amazing recycling hack! Learn how to turn plastic from old bottles into filament for 3D printers. Watch and see ...

Mixing It Up Because plastics are often mixed at recycling centers, the researchers wanted to see what would happen if polypropylene and polyethylene underwent isomerizing ethenolysis together.

Failure of Talks for Plastic Treaty Turn Focus Back to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. How's That Going? Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no ...

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 ...