The ocean plastic that washes up on Hawaii’s beaches is recycled into asphalt to pave roads. The roads are then tested for ...

The technique pioneered at Oak Ridge National Laboratory produces high-value-added chemicals from plastic waste without ...

Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean — a semi-enclosed marine basin — is one of the seas that accumulates more plastic waste from the continent ...

Researchers have developed a method in which plastic waste can be converted into Parkinson’s medication using bacteria.

Through the new UMass Lowell-Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) Collaborative Seed Funding Program, Chen has teamed up with ...

Berkeley, CA/Santa Barabara, CA (14 November 2024) — A new study released in Science today determines that just four policies can reduce mismanaged plastic waste — plastic that isn’t recycled or ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will ...

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Scientists are finding new ways to replace expensive, scarce platinum catalysts with something far more abundant: tungsten carbide. By carefully controlling how tungsten carbide’s atoms are arranged ...

Efforts to tackle the climate crisis through sustainable waste management are gaining ground across Africa, as new projects ...