Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

The organization is out with a new report that breaks down the challenges and opportunities that face the resin recycling ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

At Pittsburgh’s Reclamation Factory, Georgia Crowther aims to use automation to turn waste into park benches, playgrounds and more.

The millimeter-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable—and can hold boiling water.

According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

Much plastic waste is soiled and composed of several different layers, making it too complex for the usual recycling method ...

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

Microplastics are a growing problem in the oceans. Understanding where microplastics are carried by ocean flows is crucial to learning their fate and impacts. The transport of microplastics is ...

Increasing urbanization and infrastructure development in emerging economies present significant opportunities for the clay ...

The fires that swept through Los Angeles County in January left behind more than 1 million pounds of damaged lithium-ion ...