Plastic bags start out as fossil fuels and end up as deadly waste in landfills and the ocean. Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry ...

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 ...

Plastics are ubiquitous in modern life, found in everything from household items and packaging to automobiles and medical devices. Their versatility, durability, and cost-effectiveness make them ...

There often are tiny bits of plastic in the fish and shellfish we eat. Scientists are racing to figure out what that means for our health. Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of ...

Could our unshakeable addiction to plastics be broken? That's certainly the hope of activists. The U.S.--birthplace of the modern polymers industry, and the biggest producer of its key feedstocks ...

175 nations agree to develop a legally binding agreement on plastic pollution by 2024, prompting a major step towards reducing greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production, use and disposal.

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 ...

Scientists have developed a "self-digesting plastic", which, they say, could help reduce pollution. Polyurethane is used in everything from phone cases to trainers, but is tricky to recycle and ...

“How much plastic will you have for dinner, sir? And you, ma’am?” While that may seem like a line from a satirical skit on ...

They will work to advance the world’s first plastics treaty, expected to be finalized this fall in Korea and codified in January 2025. That meeting could be in Ecuador, Peru, Rwanda, or Senegal.

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 ...

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 ...