Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...

Climate change mitigation strategies that don’t address overconsumption and reduce dependence on fossil fuel-derived ...

Trump’s executive order claims that paper straws use chemicals that may carry risks to human health are more expensive to ...

Scientists have found methods to convert plastic waste into valuable chemicals. One approach breaks plastics into olefins for ...

They searched for a readily available material that had a high supply of hydrocarbons and found what they needed. Researchers ...

Diversification is a lengthy and costly process, requiring investment in infrastructure, for example building new pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. However, the EU and its countries ...

Petgas’ idea is that rather than letting discarded plastic become waste, it can become productive again as fuel. Petgas developed a machine in the port city of Boca del Rio that uses pyrolysis, a ...

That explains the excitement around a chemical plant that will start commercial operations this year in northeast England. In principle, it can take any kind of plastic waste, including mixed plastics ...