It is a common sight at public parks, schools and housing complexes: waste scattered on the grass just a few feet away from ...

A Delhi schoolgirl, Mahi Malhani, developed TRASHbot, an AI-powered robot to tackle litter. Inspired by a visit to Sundar ...

Hawaii researchers are giving old fishing nets and recycled plastic a second life by mixing them into asphalt roads. Early ...

A billion kilograms of waste from plastic food containers — equivalent in weight to half a million cars — is generated every year in China, according to Yufei Qin, head of the plastic recycling ...

A concerted effort to speed up development of bio-based packaging materials could soon make single-use plastics a thing of the past. Synthetic materials remain major contributors to global pollution ...

Anhydride additive speeds up polylactic acid breakdown and could make it possible to compost the plastic at home ...