Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Dear EarthTalk: What are some examples of ways food and drink producers are fighting the ever-growing torrent of plastic waste they have helped create? -- Stacy Y., Raleigh, NC As more people become ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

As plastic waste piles up worldwide, researchers are uncovering troubling ways it's being reused, with consequences that ...

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Companies and other entities are buying “plastic credits” allowing them to offset every ton of plastic they make with an equivalent amount of plastic waste collected and taken out of the environment ...

The study will review domestic and international examples and will identify opportunities for repurposing plastics in asphalt, other transportation infrastructure, and in infrastructure outside the ...

Plastic is now becoming as much of a problem as it has been a solution. Some say the global plastic waste crisis has reached a critical tipping point, that the oceans are swimming with microplastics, ...

For years, companies have been trying to offset their greenhouse gas emissions with carbon credits. Now, they want to do the same thing for their plastic pollution. A growing number of companies are ...

ExtrudeX is a DIY machine that allows you to transform shredded plastic waste into 3D printing filament. Learn about it here.