In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...

Northwestern University chemists have developed a groundbreaking process that could simplify one of the world’s toughest environmental challenges: plastic recycling. Their new method skips the ...

Plastic is processed at Exxon Mobil's chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, in October 2023. (Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty Images) When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon ...

This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 7, SDG 9, SDG 11, SDG 12, and SDG 15. The massive accumulation of plastics in the environment poses a severe threat to society, driving ...

Jay Schabel, president of the plastics division at Brightmark, holds plastic pellets in his hand the company's chemical recycling plant in northeast Indiana at the end of July. Credit: James Bruggers ...

“The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear and undeniable,” said Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), when the fifth negotiation session for an ...

Nearly all black plastics get sent to the landfill or get incinerated because their pigment makes them difficult to sort in plastics recycling plants. As a result, the recycling industry pays little ...

Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...

When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded ...