River Rouge — Sarah Messa, plant manager at USG, stood confidently in her safety vest, glasses and earplugs as she guided a recent tour of the facility, which has stood since the 1920s.

U.S. consumers have not had a comprehensive online directory of places to drop off film and bags for recycling since the end ...

A San Marcos plastics manufacturer plans to close its facility at the end of this year, leaving 41 employees without a job, ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream ... But if you clip the string in the middle, now you can remove one pearl at a ...

California lawmakers have passed a second plastic bag ban after admitting ... An alliance of California recyclers and manufacturers announced they were disappointed by the bills.

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

The grace period is over for a whole new range of now banned plastic bags and other everyday products. Vote in our poll and have your say. The state government announced from September 1 ...

These tiny plastic particles can range in size from 5 millimeters (as small as a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, which can’t be seen with the naked eye, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world with 275 million people, but the second largest plastic polluter after China, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Propene is a monomer used in many types of plastic production. Finally, manufacturers use isobutylene gas to produce polymers like butyl rubber and high-octane aviation gasoline. Also read ...

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