Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

Testing how quickly a biodegradable plastic actually breaks down in the environment can take months, sometimes years, of lab ...

A new Ocean Conservancy poll reveals a significant surge in American concern over microplastics, with awareness jumping 32% ...

Automotive plastics account for up to 18% of a car's mass, yet only a small share – less than one-fifth – is typically ...

Silica microspheres trap pigments in plastic, allowing repeated recycling at room temperature without quality loss or energy ...

Everyday pollutants could have hormonal effects on girls and cause puberty to start too early.

Plastics lie at the heart of a pollution emergency: ruinous to natural environments, they break down into particles that are found throughout our air, our water and our food. But we just can't seem to ...

Plastics are…complicated. Can new recycling methods clean them up? This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review's weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign ...

Artificial intelligence helps medical plastics companies reduce production costs, improve product consistency, and accelerate ...

July 29 - In the theatre of global self-destruction, few spectacles rival the plastic paradox: nations drowning in toxic chemicals of their own making, like alchemists poisoning themselves with their ...