As the world looks to improve on all three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental — as the global population increases, countries work together to forge agreements ...

Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Chemists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed a method for producing new macromolecules with improved properties by modifying the polymers in discarded plastics.

New report estimates low-income countries, despite consuming less plastic, incur a total lifetime plastic cost that is 10 times higher than wealthier countries. The structural inequities built into ...

Project CLEAN (Catalytic Low-temperature Efficiency for Advanced Decontamination), a four-year research project involving ...

Plastic waste surrounds daily life, from food containers and grocery bags to shampoo bottles and medical supplies. Much of it ...

India, Feb. 4 -- Plastic pollution is often framed as an environmental crisis, but it is equally a social and gendered one. As Governments make efforts to strengthen and enforceregulations on ...

For decades, recycling plastic has been a losing game — too slow, too expensive, and too limited in scope. Most methods rely on high-heat extrusion and mechanical separation, degrading the material ...

Düsseldorf, Germany — The Alliance to End Plastic Waste walked the halls of Messe Düsseldorf looking to recruit new members and strengthen partnerships in its drive to advance plastic circularity ...

As talks on a global treaty on plastic waste conclude, a Newsweek Horizons event will bring together business leaders, academic experts and environmental organizers for a panel discussion at 6 p.m.

Mangroves protect coasts and wildlife, but plastic waste now builds up inside roots, harming ecosystems and communities.