Allegheny Cleanways teamed with Ultra-Poly Corp. to collect and recycle used pickleballs from Pittsburgh-area courts, with ...

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Polyester plastics, commonly found in synthetic textiles and plastic components of home appliances, are notoriously difficult ...

Traders reporting on behalf of the Bureau of International Recycling say low-cost virgin plastic materials continue to gain ...

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

This video explores the accidental discoveries that shaped the development of plastic materials. From early breakthroughs ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggests 27 ...

Litter is predominantly plastic, yes, but that’s because the things people tend to litter are predominantly made of plastics.

A single pellet of recycled plastic can contain over 80 different chemicals. A new study by researchers from the University of Gothenburg and Leipzig shows that recycled polyethylene plastic can ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.