Is there a love more fleeting than a child’s affection for a fast-food meal toy? One minute, it’s the coolest thing in the world. An hour later back at home, it’s stuffed between two couch cushions, ...

A gatekeeper at Gulu regional hospital wears a face shield made by local organisation Takataka Plastics to deal with COVID-19 shortages of personal protective equipment, Gulu, Uganda, May 2020.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — South of Gaza City, along the Sea Road that runs beside the Mediterranean, Palestinian youth are producing fuel by melting plastic in makeshift burners. With limited ...

Unlike standard mechanical recycling, which “downcycles” plastic into a lower-quality material, the enzymatic process makes it possible to recycle a bottle into a material that’s equal in quality to ...

COLUMBIA — South Carolina legislators passed a bill Jan. 20 that could herald the entrance of new "advanced recycling" facilities into the state, including a controversial plastic-melting method ...

During more than 700 days of war and blockade, Gaza has suffered a severe shortage of every essential, from food and medicine to fuel. Without fuel, desalination plants that provided water have ...

Let’s just admit we’re an invasive species whose virulent impact on the natural world resembles science fiction. Last month, the National Climate Assessment bluntly detailed the devastating effects of ...

Shawn Mergler is a furniture design student in Buffalo, NY who sees creative possibility in plastic bottle caps and milk jugs. He wants plastic to be more than trash, but it’s hard to bend ...