A successful collaboration involving a trio of research institutions has yielded a roadmap toward an economically viable process for using enzymes to recycle plastics.

A new report from Greenpeace found that people may be putting plastic into recycling bins — but almost none of it is actually being recycled. Meanwhile, plastic production is ramping up.

A new study from Tsinghua University highlights the widening gap between plastic production and recycling, with global recycling rates stagnating at just 9 percent.

California’s new lawsuit says that ExxonMobil has known for decades that recycling would not effectively stem the flow of plastic waste. Despite that knowledge, the lawsuit says, the company ...

Today only nine chemical recycling facilities exist in the U.S., and even if they were operating at full capacity—which they are not—they would handle less than 1.2 percent of U.S. plastic waste.

The success of recycling plastic is abysmal — the U.S. rate is roughly 7% — but in theory it can be done. So, I was delighted when I learned that Tucson, Ariz., where I live, was starting a ...

The IAEA is harnessing nuclear technology to both understand and tackle the plastic pollution crisis. The NUTEC Plastics initiative, launched in 2021, helps countries research microplastics already in ...