“Around 2,000 waxworms can break down an entire polyethylene bag in as little as 24 hours, although we believe that ...

New research reveals how "plastivore" caterpillars can metabolically degrade plastics in a matter of days, not decades, and ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

Construction has begun on a £70m plastics sorting and recycling facility in Shrewsbury. Veolia said the site would process 80 ...

California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.

A new study found that some caterpillars, specifically the larvae of the greater wax moth (Galleria mellonella), can degrade ...

Plastic waste is a growing environmental issue, with tons of plastic ending up in oceans yearly, harming wildlife, polluting ecosystems, and threatening human health. This problem is not only ...

A Poly-Pak warehouse seen here in 2020. The Melville manufacturer of plastic bags plans to lay off 146 manufacturing workers in May. Credit: Newsday/J. Conrad Williams Jr.

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California and other states — and some cities — have learned a lesson: Bans on plastic bags don’t always go as planned. In fact, California's original ban made things worse.

Are recycled bottles safe? A study suggests chemical mixtures in recycled plastics might affect metabolism and hormone ...

Researchers have demonstrated that E. coli can perform a biocompatible Lossen rearrangement, enabling phosphate-catalysed conversion of synthetic substrates into valuable compounds. This approach ...