The latest stories from our Planet or Plastic? series—a multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste ...

As one of the most commonly used plastics in the world, polypropylene presents a global environmental problem because of issues related to its recycling. Researchers have developed a new way of ...

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 are ...

A plastic bag might be the most overengineered object in history. Some years back, I stopped by a French deli to buy some big chunks of cheese and carried them home in a plastic bag. The cheese was so ...

A new study published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials by researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and partners has identified a diverse microbiome of plastic-degrading fungi and bacteria ...

We've long known that plastic is bad for the environment. Ben Addelman and Ziya Tong's movie documents what it's doing to our bodies. “Plastic People” is one of those essential state-of-our-world ...