It was an "almost accidental" discovery, the photocatalyst they invented turned out to be robust enough to withstand the ...

Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, shows a sample of recycled plastic in asphalt and a bag of recycled plastic used to make the asphalt, May 1, ...

Once upon a time, before marijuana became legal (or partly legal) in most of the U.S., the only plastic involved with a pot transaction might have been a small baggie and a disposable lighter. (Or, ...

New solar reactor turns waste plastic and battery acid into hydrogen fuel and useful chemicals, offering a cleaner recycling ...

A shockingly low percentage of the hundreds of millions of tons of plastic produced every year actually gets recycled.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines opened a new chapter in plastic waste reduction by ...

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Former Travis County Judge Nancy Hohengarten of Austin, Texas, urges residents and businesses to reduce single-use plastics and support local reuse initiatives. AUSTIN, TX / ACCESS Newswire / April 13 ...

Atmos reports that plastic production is set to double due to major investments by oil companies, shifting responsibility ...

Each year, billions of single-use plastic bottles end up in landfills or oceans. That waste problem keeps growing. Now, a new scientific breakthrough suggests those same bottles could help power your ...

FORT MYERS, Florida (WBBH) -- As pickleball's popularity surges across the Gulf Coast, two young entrepreneurs with ties to Florida Gulf Coast University are tackling the resulting plastic waste ...