Chemists at CU Boulder have developed a new way to recycle a common type of plastic found in soda bottles and other packaging. The team's method relies on electricity and some nifty chemical reactions ...

A Japanese research team has created a plastic that breaks down in seawater, leaving no microplastics or toxins—just safe, natural elements. (CREDIT: 2025 RIKEN) Plastics are everywhere—from your ...

Polypropylene and polyethylene are two durable and affordable plastics commonly used as packaging materials, snack wrappers, ...

For decades, plastic has been designed to last, not to leave. The result is a planet laced with microplastics that persist in oceans, soil, and even human bloodstreams. Now a team of Japanese ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic is processed at Exxon Mobil's chemical recycling plant in Baytown, Texas, in October 2023. (Sergio Flores / AFP via Getty ...

Japan has developed a new kind of shopping bag that looks ordinary but behaves very differently from plastic. These bags are made from potato starch, a natural material taken from potatoes. When the ...

(Nanowerk News) Microplastics—small fragments of plastics less than 5mm across—now infiltrate every corner of our planet, from remote regions of the deep ocean and the Arctic, to the very air we ...

Plastic is everywhere in most kitchens: cling wrap seals food instantly; disposable utensils require no washing; and dishwasher pods skip the hassle of measuring powders or liquids. All of that ...

When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded ...