A Kenyan woman invented a brick stronger than concrete that’s made entirely of recycled materials like plastic. “Plastic waste is not just a Kenya problem, but it’s a worldwide problem,” Matee told ...

In contrast to common perceptions, plastic is in no way near one material. Rather, it is a combination of many materials (polymers) with different chemical compounds and additives such as pigments or ...

Waste pours into the world’s oceans at a rate of 12.7 million tons per year, and much of it is made up of plastics. With 40% of the world’s plastic being used for some kind of packaging, how products ...

Japanese dance company K Ballet is taking recycling to new heights, using 10,000 discarded PET containers and bubble wrap as costumes in a performance the artists hope brings attention to plastic ...

Aboard an aluminum skiff or one of her five kayaks, fourth-generation shrimper and fisherwoman Diane Wilson often plies the ...

Milk cartons, Styrofoam cups, grocery store bags — a new plant in Ashley, Indiana, wants them all. Brightmark's facility is the first of its kind in the US. It converts plastic waste into wax and ...

The global campaign to gain control of plastic waste is one of the fastest-growing environmental causes ever mounted. Yet it hasn’t been enough to make a dent in the growing tonnage of discarded ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. When the X-Press Pearl container ship caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean in May ...

On a warm windy day in early April, Jace Tunnell steps out of his car at Morgan’s Point, a spit of land that juts out into the Houston Ship Channel in Texas. Tunnell, a marine biologist and reserve ...

Tiny plastic pellets called nurdles are a major source of global pollution, littering waterways, harming ecosystems and threatening marine life. But plastic pellet pollution is preventable, according ...

We can now tell the difference between a wide range of plastic types and thereby separate plastics according to their chemical composition. This is absolutely ground-breaking and it will increase the ...