Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...

A new startup is revolutionizing how textile and plastic waste are recycled, cutting costs and improving efficiency.

The practice is ‘much more widespread’ than previously realised, researchers say, with serious environmental impact ...

Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, ...

This article is part of a special report, The Recycling Myth. You separate your trash, leave it to be collected and then it gets sorted in a waste facility, after which it's turned into new things — ...

Research found Brits would eat enough tubs of sweets over Christmas that, if laid down together, would stretch out to nearby ...

It’s nearly impossible to go throughout your day without using plastic. Plastic face wash and shampoo bottles, toothbrushes, and makeup containers greet us in the morning. Plastic-lined paper coffee ...

Tens of thousands of people across the UK are set to record how much packaging they throw away as part of an effort to provide a national snapshot of the plastic waste problem. Environmentalist Chris ...

Plastic is a really useful man-made material that has transformed our lives, but what happens after we throw it away is causing a big problem for our planet. Plastic waste can last for hundreds of ...

Plastics are incredibly useful materials with extremely diverse properties, allowing a multitude of different applications that benefit our lives. Bottles and forks aside, in the medical field alone ...

Coca-Cola has been heavily criticised by Greenpeace for failing to address the urgency of the plastic waste problem with its new global environmental plan. The international environmental group said ...