This study provides the first evidence of microplastics in processed organic waste in Australia. It underscores the need to ...

E. coli bacteria could be used to create biodegradable plastics, reports a paper published in Nature Chemical Biology. The ...

Leaders from Republic Services, Rumpke Waste & Recycling and elsewhere discussed their role in recycling plastics at the ...

A team of materials scientists from Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, the University of Milano-Bicocca, and Istituto Italiano ...

Walmart expects to fall short of its sustainability goals for 2025, attributing the outcome - including a 6% increase in ...

They found every kilogram of compost contained between 1,500 to 16,000 microplastic particles, most of which were in ...

Binning gum is not the solution either. Addressing gum as a plastic pollutant dictates that the prevention of gum pollution ...

As new bins make their way to households around the country, it’s easy to get confused. Here’s what you can and can’t put in ...

The levels of microplastics and nanoplastics up to five times higher in brains belonging to those with dementia, according to ...

Two measures, awaiting advancement, seek to outlaw plastics, foam and disposable products from Illinois businesses and ...

Only certain takeout containers are recyclable in most places. Putting errant boxes in the blue bin only clogs up the system.