Dismayed by the plastic waste strewn over their home island of Bali, sisters Melati and Isabel Wijsen have channelled Ted Talks and international conferences in raising global awareness through a ...

Since COVID-19, even drinks bottles made of recycled plastic – the most commonly recycled plastic item – have become less viable. The recycled plastic to make them is 83% to 93% more expensive than ...

In 2023, Republican state lawmakers slipped a provision into the state budget prohibiting local governments from banning “auxiliary containers,” things like plastic bags and Styrofoam cups and coolers ...

Trillions of nurdles, the tiny building blocks of plastic products, enter our waterways each and every year. How do they get there?

"It’s a reminder that real-world mechanical behavior is full of complexity." Researchers make key breakthrough that could ...