You may have heard that recycling plastic grocery bags can jam up machinery, but what might not be as well known is that ...

Americans make 294 million tons of trash every year. About half of that goes straight to landfills. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the most common material sent to landfills is food ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat up the planet, new research finds ...

Environmentalists and some state lawmakers say the process does more harm than good. Plastics producers are pushing back.

NEW YORK CITY, NY / ACCESS Newswire / May 22, 2026 / The material once dismissed as too expensive, too messy, and too ...

Hawaii researchers are testing whether plastic waste and abandoned fishing nets can be safely reused in asphalt roads.

Seventh graders collect over 6,000 pieces of plastic waste in week-long project ...