Lawsuits and investigations across the country are exposing vulnerabilities in California's landmark single-use plastic law.

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

Company briefings to local officials have put the Eloy plant’s capital cost in the low-hundreds of millions of dollars.

Scientists developed a new method for breaking down one of the most common plastics to a byproduct that can be upcycled into ...

Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.

SAUGATUCK, MI — Authorities say “several thousand pounds” of tiny plastic pellets spilled from a semi-trailer last month and some have entered the Kalamazoo River. A northbound semitrailer began ...

During important processes like cleaning, fragments of plastic are lost as microplastics. This means the system itself creates plastic waste, and we urgently need to rethink the design and operation ...

Avoid sun and heat. Plastics can degrade faster when exposed to ultraviolet light and high temperatures, Dr. Mohanty said. So ...