An ambitious project at UC Berkeley aims to take plastic and break it down to create new plastic. Scientists at Berkeley said they have discovered a new way to vaporize plastic bottles and bags. What ...

Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source? In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

Plastic waste collected from the beach is transformed into wearable shoes in this creative DIY project. The process ...

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Two people stand in a laboratory in front of a closed fume hood; each is wearing goggles, a lab coat, and gloves and holds a box of nitrile rubber gloves. Evan Bailey and Caroline Gilmer were inspired ...

Canadian researchers with Light House found that 77% of plastic collected at construction sites was recyclable. It recommends ...

A new California law will ban companies from using the symbol if their products aren’t commonly recycled. Here’s how you can ...