Plastic is everywhere. It’s in the ocean, in the air, in everything we eat from meats to veggies and fruits and even in the clothes we wear. Most people know about plastic straws and bags, but ...

Recology, a San Francisco-based waste recovery company, has installed a fleet of robotic sorters at its King County Material ...

Instead, opt for glass or ceramic containers whenever possible, says Woodruff. If you still own and want to use plastic ...

The coastline near Derwent Howe, in England’s Cumbria, hardly seems a place where geologists would find new things. They’ve ...

A German research partnership between the Hochschule Bremen City University of Applied Sciences (HSB) and the Fraunhofer ...

Johannesburg, South Africa-based Mbongeni Buthelezi has spent a career using plastic film to create his unique brand of art.

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have found a way to make plastics more sustainable by utilizing sulfur waste from ...

Ahead of the UNEP-hosted World Environment Day, here’s a closer look at what plastic pollution is, why it’s such a problem ...

Chemical methods of plastic recycling offer new hope for hard-to-tackle plastic waste and can now achieve cost-parity with virgin plastic.

Some brands are genuinely committed to sustainability—while others use it as a marketing tool, making eco-friendly claims ...

"Hawaii is on the frontlines of the plastic crisis, as the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre collects marine debris and delivers [it] to our shorelines—this is debris from countries across the Pacific, ...