In a world where inflation has us all clutching our wallets a little tighter, this treasure trove of discounted goods feels like stepping into an alternate economic universe where $25 can still fill ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

Novoloop recently raised a $21 million Series B to begin building its first commercial scale plastic upcycling plant.

With genetic tweaks, E. coli turned 92 percent of broken-down plastic into acetaminophen, charting a path to upcycle plastic waste sustainably.

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) production could be revolutionized by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller. The new method leaves virtually no ...

Placing this item inside TSA security bins makes it an easy target for theft, experts say. Here's how to avoid it.

Drinks including water, soda, beer and wine sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles, according to a surprising study released by France's food safety agency ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level regulation… ...

Cleaning plastic containers in household dishwashers has been linked to both polluting wastewater and health issues. When these containers are cleaned, microplastics and nanoplastics are released ...

Climate Solutions Plastic bag fees and bans help protect beaches and riverbanks, study finds But even places with bag policies are seeing a greater prevalence of plastic bags on beaches and ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.

Maybe you have been annoyed by the extra charge to get a plastic shopping bag, but a new study shows the policies actually help clean up shorelines.