Plastic trash lining a mountain trail might not seem like the start of a chemistry breakthrough, but for Yuwei Gu, it was.

Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, textiles, and consumer goods as disposable, scientists are now racing to ...

The EU is preparing stricter customs controls and new codes to prevent virgin plastic from being labeled as recycled.

New report by WWF and Ellen MacArthur Foundation analyses how to make the global plastic pollution treaty work for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The report also makes ...

Just for a minute, think about how much of the plastic you use today will end up as trash. Drink bottles? Grocery bags? Food wrappers? If you live in the United States, it’ll probably add up to about ...