Ingenuity from UK and US universities has led to the development of next-generation solutions to eliminating plastic waste — particularly, in tricky marine environments. University of Edinburgh ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Surfing's very own Bruce Wayne, the inimitable Ryan Harris, has developed a realistic solution to the plastic pollution crisis by ...

It's easy to feel like the plastic crisis is insurmountable. With over 460 million metric tons of plastic produced each year — 11 million of which end up in our oceans — plastic pollution is ...

Researchers at the University of Waterloo have discovered a way to turn plastic waste into acetic acid, the main ingredient ...

We know that plastic pollution has become a major environmental and health issue across the planet, as much of the waste ends up in landfills, and sometimes, the ocean. “We call plastic a threat ...

Recent scientific breakthroughs have unveiled the potential of certain worm species in tackling the global plastic pollution problem. These “hungry worms”, including moth larvae and superworms, have ...

Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to hammer out a global treaty to cut down on plastic pollution. It's their last chance before an end-of-year deadline to agree on ...

The Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act (PRRIA) is working its way through the state Legislature, having passed the Senate and with Assembly majority support before time ran out.

Experts identify multiple interlinked reasons why recycling is failing: Inefficient recycling plants – Processes such as ...