A new study highlights distributed recycling for additive manufacturing (DRAM) as a promising solution to plastic waste, addressing traditional recycling's low economic value.

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste says it helped produce a better outcome for about 300,000 metric tons of discarded plastic ...

Opportunities include supplying recycled plastics to packaging, automotive, textiles, food, healthcare and pharma; leveraging tax incentives; expanding collection and recycling infrastructure; and ...

New chemical process uses eco-friendly solvent and catalyst to deconstruct industrial plastics while preserving valuable carbon and glass fibers.

Researchers engineered an enzyme that can attack polyurethane shoe foam, one of the hardest plastics to recycle.

The world needs more homes. The world also has too much plastic. Perhaps the only thing those two problems have in common is ...

Plastic packaging is designed around appearance, convenience and function, but what happens after disposal is often ...

This story is from The Pulse, a weekly health and science podcast. Find it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. When I called Wayne DeFeo and told him I was considering ...