Chilean lithium producer SQM Litio launched on Thursday (June 5) a recycling project that turns plastic waste collected from across the country into pallets. Michel Compagnon, commercial manager ...

Plastic bag policies led to a 25% to 47% reduction in the amount of disposable, thin plastic bag litter on America's shorelines, the study found.

Turmoil in the little-known trade in plastic waste has its roots in a decision by China in 2018, for the same reasons as Malaysia, to ban imports of wastepaper and plastic. Before that, China had ...

Climate Coach Single-use plastic is a scourge of takeout. Here’s how I tried to escape it. Most food deliveries come wrapped in petrochemicals. But there are ways to reduce the disposable ...

Food Paper and plastic straw debate rages as President Trump celebrates 'common sense' win Paper straws 'melt in mouth,' says Trump as federal ban takes effect By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News ...

The study adds weight to less formal analyses of plastic bag bans conducted by advocacy organizations and could inform negotiations later this summer over the United Nations’ global plastics ...

environment pollution Scientists develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours Fast-dissolving plastic offers hope for cleaner seas By Alfonso Maruccia June 5, 2025 at 4:24 PM 29 comments ...

Drinks including water, soda, beer and wine sold in glass bottles contain more microplastics than those in plastic bottles, according to a surprising study released by France's food safety agency ...

Ceramic printing, of course, doesn’t get solid right away, so the plastic can actually take more dramatic patterns than the ceramic. The workflow starts with Blender and winds up with a standard ...

A whale shark swims beside a plastic bag in the Gulf of Aden near Yemen. Although whale sharks are the biggest fish in the sea, they're still threatened by ingesting small bits of plastic.

Plastic pyrolysis is not a new concept. Back in the 1970s, during the oil crisis, scientists were exploring the thermal decomposition of polymers – especially polyethylene and polypropylene ...