Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

A new book by the journalist Beth Gardiner argues that oil companies are upping production of the material as a safeguard ...

Plastic to possibilities ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

Plastic-infused asphalt can also save money. Because it lasts longer and resists cracking, cities may spend less on repairs and maintenance. In Rockwall, for example, early estimates suggest these ...

Clariant, Borealis and SINTEF demonstrate technology that converts plastic waste into steam cracker feedstock for polyolefins ...

Using nanomaterial-based catalysts, we drive depolymerisation, a process that breaks plastics back into their molecular ...