"It's a game-changer for handling toxic compounds used in various industries." New technique turns plastic bags into weapon ...

"Identifying the source is the first step toward solving the problem," said Jordan Cisco, a graduate student at the ...

UD chemical engineer wins the AIChE Langer Prize for efforts to harness biology to manage plastic waste sustainably ...

The government has said it is "appalled" and called for a “thorough investigation” after huge numbers of plastic beads washed ...

Meanwhile, the single-use plastic packaging used to reduce food wastage poses a more insidious problem. Once discarded, the single-use plastics that cushion, seal, protect and extend the shelf life of ...

The plastic products we use every day contain thousands of chemical substances, many of which can leak into the environment.

A surveillance video captured a woman throwing a small dog in a plastic grocery bag over the fence of the University ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

One of the UK's under-fire water companies apologised Monday after plastic pellets washed up en masse on beaches in southern ...

A recent presentation at SUNY Fredonia flashed some grim results of the world’s love affair with plastic. Presenter Kimberly ...