Microplastics crisis solved? Scientists create plastic that vanishes in seawater
Scientists have developed a strong, seawater-dissolving plastic that could help reduce ocean microplastic pollution.
Why making fuels from plastics in Michigan is controversial
Innovative methods such as chemical recycling are critical to addressing the plastic waste crisis, but their environmental impacts are uncertain.
Greenpeace shatters one of the most successful ad campaigns of the last 20 years
Dove's 'Real Beauty' campaign faces criticism from Greenpeace for environmental damage caused by plastic waste.
Can science cure its addiction to plastic?
The urgent need to reduce plastic waste in laboratories is highlighted by Caitlin Broadbent's initiative to switch from single-use plastics to glass containers.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says
The Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade, starting with a projected cost of $7.5 billion.
Researchers make a plastic that includes bacteria that can digest it
Plastic waste persists due to the lack of natural degradation agents, but evolution is introducing bacteria that can digest plastics.
Microplastics crisis solved? Scientists create plastic that vanishes in seawater
Scientists have developed a strong, seawater-dissolving plastic that could help reduce ocean microplastic pollution.
Why making fuels from plastics in Michigan is controversial
Innovative methods such as chemical recycling are critical to addressing the plastic waste crisis, but their environmental impacts are uncertain.
Greenpeace shatters one of the most successful ad campaigns of the last 20 years
Dove's 'Real Beauty' campaign faces criticism from Greenpeace for environmental damage caused by plastic waste.
Can science cure its addiction to plastic?
The urgent need to reduce plastic waste in laboratories is highlighted by Caitlin Broadbent's initiative to switch from single-use plastics to glass containers.
Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated in 10 years, cleanup organization says
The Ocean Cleanup aims to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within a decade, starting with a projected cost of $7.5 billion.
Researchers make a plastic that includes bacteria that can digest it
Plastic waste persists due to the lack of natural degradation agents, but evolution is introducing bacteria that can digest plastics.