Plastic pollution is a growing crisis that the world has to face, but Julian Brown's new 'Plastoline' might actually serve as ...

It’s a killer pitch: Turn plastic waste into gasoline using only* the power of the sun. And that’s exactly what serial ...

Our ability to survive on the only known habitable planet has always involved adaptation and innovation. Carbon emissions and plastics, while central to our current way of life, have detrimental ...

Researchers have developed another way to deal with plastic waste, and the one-step process turns it into fuel. The low-energy method involves low temperatures and produces gasoline, chemical raw ...

Talks to finalize the world’s first treaty on plastic pollution in Geneva, Switzerland collapsed in failure Friday as countries remained bitterly divided how to tackle the crisis. The summit, held at ...

While the push to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is spurring alternatives to petroleum in other sectors, phasing out plastic, particularly for medical applications, will be very tough. When you ...

A team of South Korean scientists have produced the polymers used for everyday plastics through bioengineering, rather than through the use of fossil fuel-based chemicals. It is believed that the ...