The rapid accumulation of plastic waste is currently posing significant risks for both human health and the environment on Earth. A possible solution to this problem would be to recycle plastic waste, ...

We usually discard plastic waste as it reaches its end-of-life for common people, but a research team at the University of Adelaide has made a major discovery that's changing how the world deals with ...

A used car battery and a handful of plastic bottles don’t look like the ingredients for clean fuel. But researchers at the University of Cambridge have combined exactly those two waste streams into a ...

Agricultural plastic mulch films are widely used around the world to increase crop yields, conserve soil moisture, and suppress weeds. However, once these films are discarded, they can persist in the ...

Plastic is cheap, but it’s an ecological, environmental, and human health disaster that actually costs Americans over $1 trillion a year, according to some estimates. By 2040, plastic waste management ...

Agricultural waste is often seen as a disposal problem, but new research suggests it could be a powerful tool for climate change mitigation. A study published in Agricultural Ecology and Environment ...

Plastic, in different forms, is everywhere. From bottles of water to medicine, this synthetic material is so versatile and so cheap that almost every industry on Earth has found some use for it. And ...