Discover the unseen consequences of plastic pollution in our freshwater ecosystems at a special screening of “Ripples of Plastic,” a documentary uncovering the impacts of microplastics across the ...

Ripples of Plastic looks specifically at the impact of microplastics on the Great Lakes, which supply water to more than 11 million people in the U.S. and Canada— how they get there and what they mean ...

Researchers document widespread plastic burning in homes worldwide, driven by energy poverty, poor waste services, and limited fuel options.

How can discarded plastic film be converted into fuel and turned from waste into treasure? HANGZHOU, China, Dec. 13, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Hundreds of millions of tons of light materials exist in ...

The U.S. produces more plastic waste than any other country in the world. Last year, more than 35,000 tons of it was shipped to Malaysia, which received more discarded plastic from rich nations than ...

A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University of Delaware announced a breakthrough in hydrogenolysis, a chemical reaction ...

The global plastic crisis has long been a ticking time bomb, but now, it seems, a revolution is underway. One company, Corsair Group International, is rewriting the narrative of waste management with ...

Tylenol could potentially be made greener and cheaper with the help of bacteria. Scientists were able to use a bacterial chemical reaction to convert a plastic water bottle into paracetamol with no ...