In reworking the connections within plastic materials, researchers are studying how plant-based compounds could eventually serve as scalable alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics.

Researcher Karin Kvale first became interested in plastic pollution when she was living in Kiel, Germany, where her young children spent part of their school days on Falckenstein beach. “Every day ...

A team of chemists has discovered how to transform PET plastic waste into BAETA, a material that captures CO2 with remarkable efficiency. Instead of ending up as microplastics in the environment, ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

The "Paris agreement for plastic" was set to be finalized at the end of this week. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. But after a week and a half of intense discussions ...