Plastic recycling has been messy since China banned the import of solid waste in 2018, but the rise of alternative plastics ...

Plastic is funneling into our oceans, but a boat is helping collect and consume trash before it even hits the sea.

Look around you and you’ll struggle to find products that aren’t made with plastic. Since the 1950s, the malleable material has completely reshaped how we live and consume, offering convenience and ...

Plastic bags, bottles and takeout containers usually disappear into bins, landfills, or waterways. Julian Brown wants to turn that ugly end point into a fuel tank. The Georgia inventor behind ...

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. Plastics are everywhere — in packaging, construction, electronics, and almost every corner of daily life. But they don’t break down ...

“The beauty of this method is that we solve a problem without creating a new one. By turning waste into a raw material that can actively reduce greenhouse gases, we make an environmental issue part of ...

A house built in five days sounds like a promise made for a viral video. Yet modular recycled-plastic bricks are now being ...

Each year, billions of single-use plastic bottles end up in landfills or oceans. That waste problem keeps growing. Now, a new scientific breakthrough suggests those same bottles could help power your ...

The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria has stated that plastic pollution is fundamentally a waste management challenge, adding that the problem lies not ...

Part three Part one: Low consumption, high leakage: The Philippines’ plastic paradox Part two: From bin to ocean: How plastic ...

Drive anywhere in Dallas and it's hard to miss hitting a pothole. Whether a small divot or a crater shutting down two highway lanes, potholes epitomize a recurring theme of North Texas roads: the ...