A startup in Mexico is trying to help get a handle on one Gulf coast city’s plastic waste problem by converting it into ...

The executive order expected to come next week is an extension of a yearslong cultural war over paper and plastic straws.

2 The fossil fuel industry plans to increase plastic production by 40% over the next decade. These oil giants are rapidly building petrochemical plants across the United States to turn fracked gas ...

Yet the oil industry plans to increase plastic production 40 percent over the next decade. Fueled by an oversupply of fracked gas, plastics plants are popping up across the nation to turn fossil fuels ...

New research uncovered an alarming accumulation of plastic particles in human brains, raising concerns about their potential ...

On a diet of oil or gas, he can produce all sorts of stuff; from washing machines, to wigs, to waterslides. There are loads of different types of plastic. Plastic fibres can even be used to make ...

Jesus Cuevas, a Petgas technician, puts plastic caps into a shredding machine inside a recycling center in Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico, Jan. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez) ...