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

Researchers at the University of Waterloo report a sunlight-driven process that uses single-atom iron anchored to a support ...

Recycling polyolefin plastics is inefficient and costly because their strong bonds make them hard to break down and require tedious pre-sorting. The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

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

The Finnish company says it has commissioned the world’s largest upgrading facility for liquefied plastic scrap, helping it to scale up chemical recycling.

The fire burning, the banjo playing, the stories, and the sweet aromatic smell of grains; there might not be anything more Americana than the moonshiner, risking it all to provide their families some ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Sorting plants in recycling usually do not recognize black plastic, which is why it is sorted out instead of being recycled. A new process is to change this.

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

Plastic waste is becoming an increasing problem, with 50 million tonnes of single-use plastic being produced each year. Plastics are used in the packaging of food and drinks.

For years, sorting bottles from cardboard, scrubbing out jars, and dragging the blue bin to the curb felt like the right thing to do. It felt like participation. But at some point, the nagging feeling ...