UCSF Health tests soft plastic compactor in pharmacy, diverting 372 pounds from landfill in 90 days with network rollout ...

Dexory has scanned over a billion pallet locations – and is using that dataset to flag what is missing from a snapshot of a ...

Learn how to build a simple, zero-cost DIY automatic plant watering system using nothing but an old plastic bottle and a few household items. #GardeningHacks #DIYWateringSystem #PlasticBottleCrafts ...

Welcome back to Current Climate. Concerns over the health and environmental harms of petroleum-based plastic, particularly over its use in packaging for food, beverages and consumer products, keep ...

Scientists have developed a method to turn plastic waste into clean hydrogen using solar power and acid from old car batteries. The one-pot process transforms hard-to-recycle plastics into valuable ...

Scientists are using sunlight to turn plastic waste into clean fuels like hydrogen, offering a breakthrough solution to both pollution and energy challenges. While still in development, the approach ...

As the global pollution crisis caused by manufacturing and disposing of single-use plastics continues to grow, researchers have developed a non-toxic plastic alternative derived from the hemp plant—a ...

Quantum Lifecycle Partners, headquartered in Toronto, has invested $4 million to install sink-float separation technology to sort the mixed polymer streams recovered from end-of-life information ...

As the crisis in the Middle East continues, much of the public focus has been on fuel prices and the cost of living. But there’s another oil-related product that often gets overlooked: plastic. Most ...

Half of California mutlifamily homes are now in projects that relied on the density bonus law. (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) California lawmakers have passed a flurry of high-profile ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...

Some environmentalists question using plastic to address rising temperatures. The skate rink at Mahoney State Park in Ashland, Neb., was recently replaced with a synthetic ice surface to keep the rink ...