This discount is shown at checkout, if applicable. An estimated 52 million metric tons of plastic is spilling uncontrolled into the environment every year, according to a new study (Nature 2024 ...

A chemical process converts common types of plastic waste into the building blocks needed to make new plastics 1. The build-up of plastic waste in landfills and the environment poses substantial ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

The world produces around 250 million tons of plastic waste in municipalities in one year — plastic bottles, cigarette butts, plastic packaging and much more. Much of that waste — equivalent ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

transcript Rob Bonta, the attorney general of California, said that Exxon Mobil has contributed greatly to global pollution by deceiving the public into believing that single-use plastics would be ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

In one experiment that revealed the new plastic's strength, a 0.04-millimeter-thick strip of the material withstood a load of 6 kilograms. Moreover, the team discovered that the new material had ...

The Association of Plastic Recyclers announced Sept. 5 that it now considers degradable additives harmful to recycling, a policy change that excludes the materials from being used in products ...

Uncollected waste and open burning leading causes of the plastic pollution crisis Date: September 4, 2024 Source: University of Leeds Summary: A new study shines a light on the enormous scale of ...

Asbestos abatement is needed at the Outwater Park Water Tower Pump House. The contractor hired to replace the roof of the brick building informed the city that it found traces of asbestos earlier ...