"Plastic waste has become a very concerning and dangerous problem all around the world," study author Ali Ghodrati, a PhD ...

Plastics are everywhere—in the packaging around your food, the insulation in your home, and even the parts of your phone.

The fire burning, the banjo playing, the stories, and the sweet aromatic smell of grains; there might not be anything more Americana than the moonshiner, risking it all to provide their families some ...

The age of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste may soon be over. The secret weapon? A cheap catalyst made from nickel that targets one of our most problematic polymers. The findings are detailed in a ...

Exploring the sorting process of recycling can help Northwest Indiana residents better understand the parameters of recycling right. One common myth is that all recyclables end up in landfills ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

Rumpke Waste & Recycling of Cincinnati recently added PET thermoform packaging to its recycling stream collected from ...

In Seattle, as in most cities around the country, there are a number of items that you aren’t supposed to put in the curbside recycling bin: bubble wrap, for instance, or multilayer plastic packaging ...

Scientists found a catalyst that turns waste plastic waste into cleaner fuel much faster than before, making the process more ...