In a valley where people moved to escape “the ravages of pollution,” a plant that changes plastic into synthetic oil isn’t ...

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A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

Environmental groups are concerned that rich countries are exporting plastic to poor countries in the form of “refuse-derived ...

Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which ...

California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst in a new nationwide ranking of state laws designed to reduce ...

Researchers built tough, compostable bacterial cellulose sheets that rival metals in strength. The material handles heat, and ...

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A research team in South Korea has developed a cutting-edge catalytic and separation process that enables the simultaneous production of xylonic acid and xylitol from xylose under ambient conditions, ...

From production to pollution, plastic is a growing global problem. The strength and versatility of this human-made material has seen it spread to almost every area of life—and all over the ...