Ever wondered where your plastics end up? A PET bottle can be washed, shredded, melted and given a second life. But most ...

It's easy to think of recycling as the solution to plastic pollution, but the vast majority of plastic waste now ends up in landfills, or worse.

Egypt is famous for its ancient history and culture, but it is struggling with a particularly modern problem: plastic waste.

It has always perplexed me that single-use plastic constitutes about 40% of global plastic production, yet conversations ...

As global concern over plastic pollution intensifies, a growing share of the problem is tied not to where waste is discarded, but where it begins.

Plastic waste is a global issue, and the United States is the largest contributor; however, a team at Southern Illinois ...

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 ...

In the 2008 Disney film Wall-E, a tiny robot finds himself alone on planet Earth, working to clean up a world decimated by trash and abandoned by humans who left it that way. Heartwarming as the film ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Plastic waste is an exploding global problem, with minimal recycling resulting in incineration as a common disposal practice. Shipments of plastic ...

Twice a day, sirens sound at Cambodia's Chip Mong Insee cement kiln, warning limestone will soon be blasted from the karst mountain that overlooks the sprawling industrial site. White smoke billows ...

Drive anywhere in Dallas and it's hard to miss hitting a pothole. Whether a small divot or a crater shutting down two highway lanes, potholes epitomize a recurring theme of North Texas roads: the ...