The world is facing a plastic crisis, with millions of tons of plastic waste generated every year. Despite efforts to increase recycling rates, the reality is grim: only 9% of the world's plastic ...

It's the latest in a string of proposals that have elicited mixed public reactions and drawn opposition from the restaurant ...

The EU-funded R&D project EOLIAN is one of the early research projects that is trying to bring biobased virtimers into real ...

France-based Benvic says it views boosted recycling prospects for PVC cable jackets as a key to the circularity of one of its ...

Plastic pyrolysis is a chemical process that involves chemically breaking down plastics into other molecules by heating the plastics to extremely high temperatures in the absence of oxygen.

"Shift into Gear," a new report from SAP and Earth Action, is inciting companies to start preparing now to meet global ...

Biology might ultimately provide a solution, however. Researchers have identified bacteria that evolved the ability to digest ...

The legal move by resin makers and the American Chemistry Council says those bringing the legal action have no right to sue ...

Billerud has developed a recyclable, heat-sealable paper designed to replace plastic in packaging applications with high ...

Several defendants asked a federal judge to throw out a class action alleging that energy and petrochemical companies ...

CalRecycle said it will revise the regulations and associated documents, and initiate a new formal rulemaking process, ...