March 23, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively simple: virgin resin-derived from oil and gas-has been cheaper, more reliable, and easier to scale than recycled ...

Sand, rock, and melted plastic now sit beneath the tires on a quiet residential street in Oahu. For nearly a year, cars have ...

Hawaii has a plastic problem. The island state faces economic and logistical challenges in recycling plastic waste, including ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway also used by fungi.

Have you ever stopped to think about what happens to those little orange pill bottles after you finish your prescription? Every year, around 200 billion of these bottles are produced worldwide, and ...

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Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, “humanity produces over 430 million tonnes of plastic every year – two-thirds ...

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More than a month after they poured from a semi-trailer on a west Michigan highway, little bits of white plastic appeared to ...

You brush twice daily, floss religiously and see your dentist every six months. But what if these acts of oral hygiene are quietly contributing to one of the planet's most pressing environmental ...

How did toxic plastics become so pervasive? How do they endanger our health? And what can we do to address this crisis? Hear from Judith Enck, founder of Beyond Plastics. How did toxic plastics become ...