A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

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Environmentalists from Highland, Michigan City, East Chicago, Hobart and Valparaiso gathered Wednesday at Valparaiso University to start working together on ways to address the proliferation of ...

Plastic to possibilities ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

One man’s trash is a common coot’s treasure, at least when it comes to plastic. In Amsterdam, the birds have been constructing nests out of plastic food wrappers, masks and other waste for at least 30 ...

Thinking of ways to repurpose plastic containers? Why not put them to work in your garden? From creative planters to practical storage hacks, these upcycled ideas will not only help the environment ...

By converting plastic waste into a microbe-friendly food source, scientists have built an upcycling pipeline that turns the waste into a variety of useful products. The findings are detailed in the ...

Plastic pollution is more than just trash on the beach. Marine plastic waste releases PFAS and heavy metals into the water of small freshwater lakes and ponds, at levels exceeding the threshold limits ...

Learn more about the microbes that consume plastic and how they could one day help clean up our ...