California has hailed itself as a leader in single-use plastic reduction and legislation. But a scuttling of its pioneering ...

On trails in Grand Canyon National Park, I mostly pick up empty water bottles. It seems a job that will never be obsolete. Shouldn’t we have learned by now that refilling water bottles is the way ...

Plastic is one of the world’s most ubiquitous materials, essential to daily life as we know it. Production is growing at a rate of 3.4 percent—three times faster than our global population growth.

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One category of recyclables may even lose its recycling symbol altogether.

While single-stream recycling is convenient, it has downsides. The roads of the future could be paved with plastic Stanford researchers show the viability of recycled plastic in construction. These ...

At CES 2026, WES-Tec Global showcased a construction technology aimed at tackling plastic pollution ...

Learn how UNR’s Environmental Health & Safety supports plastic film recycling with new campus drop‑off locations and ...

These are not abstract questions. In the coming weeks, the EU will decide when plastic waste stops being waste and starts ...