Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A jumble of empty plastic bottles await reuse. - Westend61/Getty Images You might get eco-guilt when you toss a plastic bottle ...

Back in 2021 and following two years of planning, Erica Cirino started building her dream home in rural Connecticut. She wondered if she could construct a plastic-free house on a limited budget. For ...

Rigid plastic is very useful, but difficult to recycle. At least it was, until the discovery of so-called vitrimers. Using those vitrimers, Researchers at Wageningen University & Research have laid ...

During the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries’ (ISRI) 2019 Convention & Exposition April 8-11 in Los Angeles, the Spotlight on Plastics highlighted some unique products that are starting to ...

Plastic bags. Plastic forks. Plastic straws. All are non-biodegradable, single-use plastics that you can’t traditionally recycle—meaning that they inevitably end up in our seemingly never-ending waste ...

What if recycling plastics were as simple as flicking a switch? At TU/e, Assistant Professor Fabian Eisenreich is making that vision a reality by using LED light to both create and break down a new ...

Light House, an organization dedicated to advancing regenerative and circular practices in the built environment, has unveiled the results of its Construction Plastics Initiative (CPI). This 14-month ...