A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

Industry groups want any EPR plan the state adopts to include chemical recycling, but for now, New Jersey seeks to limit the ...

The vast majority of the world’s plastic isn’t recycled because it’s currently cheaper to produce new plastic. But nature has ...

By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have ...

Water plays a crucial role in boosting the conversion of polyolefins into valuable fuels when paired with ruthenium catalysts ...

Environmental groups in New Jersey want their state to follow California, and sue the plastics industry over alleged ...

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been ...

Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to upcycle discarded plastics into new materials with enhanced properties. This innovation not only offers a potential solution to the global plastic ...

The success of recycling plastic is abysmal — the U.S. rate is roughly 7% — but in theory it can be done. So, I was delighted when I learned that Tucson, Ariz., where I live, was starting a pilot ...

One Tucson recycling center has closed and another is threatened, even as the city builds a facility for reusing plastic ...