Seeing plastic trash while hiking inspired a Rutgers chemist to rethink why synthetic plastics last forever while natural ...

Yuwei Gu conceived this idea while hiking on a park trail and noticing plastic bottles littered around.

Sunlight makes microplastics leak hidden chemicals into water, creating pollution that spreads far beyond plastic pieces.

Microplastics in rivers, lakes, and oceans aren’t just drifting debris—they’re constantly leaking invisible clouds of ...

Could a simple chemistry idea end plastic pollution? Discover how scientists created programmable plastics that degrade on a ...

Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7, SDG 9, SDG 11, SDG 12, and SDG 15. The massive accumulation of plastics in the environment poses a severe threat to society, driving ...

A squat, light-colored building in Tigard, Oregon, was supposed to be part of a game-changing new solution for the global plastics industry. Called Regenyx, this recycling facility took in polystyrene ...

Food packaging from five countries has complex, unique chemical fingerprints, and some items contain thousands of different chemicals, according to a new study (Environ. Sci. Technol. 2024, DOI: ...

Most drink bottle caps are made of polypropylene. Along with polyethylene they account for 60 percent of all plastic waste. Hundreds of millions of tonnes of plastic waste are generated worldwide ...

Chemical recycling of plastics could be problematic for developing countries that have limited capacity to manage and regulate waste. That, at least, was the opinion of experts at a June 26 forum ...