HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For the past two weeks, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith has covered how the City of Houston manages recycling, specifically looking at how plastic is recycled. And when it ...

A new process to recycle existing plastics indefinitely and reduce the flood of plastics into landfills is being developed by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley. From sandwich bags ...

When former top Environmental Protection Agency official Judith Enck noticed a cavalcade of chemical and plastics industry ...

For yoghurt and quark pots, around 15% of recyclable material is lost. NTCP, TNO and partners are investigating how to ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 30, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively simple: ...

We know that most plastics thrown into the recycling bin don’t get recycled, but what about the ones that do? According to new research, those also end up spitting bits of plastic back into the ...

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to break down plastic waste and turn it into a Parkinson's drug, advancing a new approach known as "bio-upcycling".

The facility, which can process up to 38,000 tonnes of plastic annually, is set to open this year.

(Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Moment/Getty Images) Scientists have found a new way to make a Parkinson's drug – out of old plastic. The plastic is polyethylene terephthalate (or PET), widely used in ...

Researchers use a novel process involving engineered Escherichia coli to turn plastic waste into levodopa, a frontline ...