Recently, researchers from Yale University may have made a dent in that inefficiency. They successfully tested a novel way to ...

Yale scientists have developed a catalyst-free, energy-efficient pyrolysis reactor that converts plastic waste into usable ...

The move, announced Thursday, follows three months of intensifying public backlash against plans for a first-of-its-kind ...

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...