Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a ...

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

Photo Credit: @ janardhanhavanje/ Instagram There is a staggering amount of plastic waste — an estimated 2.6 million tons — floating around our oceans right now. India's government recently took steps ...

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A new solar-driven method transforms plastic waste and microplastics into acetic acid, turning pollution into a valuable chemical.

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...

What if the looming calamities of climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis and our whole environmental doom-scroll are symptoms of just one malady and it’s something we actually can fix?

KSHB 41 reporter Grant Stephens covers stories of consumer interest. Share your story idea with Grant. A road resurfacing project near 75th and Oak might look routine to drivers, but inside the fresh ...

Americans make 294 million tons of trash every year. About half of that goes straight to landfills. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the most common material sent to landfills is food ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...