Plastic bottles are not only piling up in our landfills and oceans. Research shows they also shed invisible plastic particles that end up in our bodies. A new study found that a one-liter bottle of ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

A research team has demonstrated that a material called a metal-organic framework (MOF) is a stable and selective catalyst for breaking down polyester-based plastic into its component parts. Only ...

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new chemical process which upcycles polyesters, including PET in plastic bottles, to morpholine amide, a versatile and ...

The so-called “plant bottle” has been a long time coming, and it’s still not really here, but Japan’s Suntory Group and the Coca-Cola Co. are inching closer to getting it into the hands of thirsty ...

Plastic creates waste that doesn’t decay naturally and is difficult to recycle. Thankfully, some companies have been moving away from plastic packaging and looking for eco-friendly alternatives. The ...