Scientists turn plastic waste into fuel using sunlight and water in a new study that could change how we manage pollution and ...

Every year, the world produces roughly 400 million metric tons of plastic waste, according to the United Nations Environment ...

Despite being a readily-available source of useful plastic, massive numbers of disposable bottles go to waste every day. To remedy this problem (or take advantage of this situation, depending on your ...

With 430 million tons of plastic waste generated annually and less than 10% of it recycled, the plastic crisis is out of control. Thankfully, HIRO Technologies is creating a new path forward, powered ...

Advanced recycling offers something conventional recycling never could — a way to truly undo plastic.

Researchers have developed another way to deal with plastic waste, and the one-step process turns it into fuel. The low-energy method involves low temperatures and produces gasoline, chemical raw ...

A shockingly low percentage of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic produced every year actually gets recycled.

At the Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford University​, an incredible collaboration is taking place between a ...

A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New York. A large pile of plastic bottles and cans collected on a street corner in downtown Manhattan, New ...