"Closing the loop." Scientists make major breakthrough that could transform what happens to common waste: 'A new industry ...

The plastic pollution crisis has been widely blamed on a handful of Asian countries, but new research shows just how much the U.S. contributes.

Former EPA official Judith Enck explains why plastic pollution is a production problem—and how policy, not recycling, can ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, shows a sample of recycled plastic in asphalt and a bag of recycled plastic used to make the asphalt, May 1, ...

People in low-income urban communities in the Global South without access to reliable energy sources are burning the toxic plastic waste inundating their communities to cook and heat their homes.

Domestic plastic burning is prevalent in cities around the world, fuelled by poor waste management, survey finds.

California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering ...

Paper, yard trimmings, wood, and other materials all end up in municipal landfills in significant quantities, and yet no one ...

The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life.

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...

"This project is about more than just statistics.' Major retailer launches game-changing initiative to tackle common problem ...