Sep. 20, 2024 — Researchers have found microplastics less than 300 m in size in coral skeletons. The team developed a new protocol to extract and detect microplastics and applied it to coral ...

Chemical recycling can be used to produce high-quality products from plastic waste. Scientists at ETH Zurich have succeeded in breaking down polyethylene and polypropylene into molecules that can be ...

A Texas environmentalist curious about the fate of her city's recycling dropped Apple AirTags in with her plastics to see what happened to them after they were picked up. Brandy Deason ...

A 'ticking time bomb' was unleashed inside this retired school teacher's body when she was exposed to asbestos. Now she's joining the fight to make the removal of the deadly material safe and ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell ...

Scientists are working tirelessly on new methods to recycle a large proportion of this waste into high-quality products and thus enable a genuine circular economy. However, current recycling ...

This story is a partnership between Inside Climate News and CBS News. Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste ...

Around 5 billion tonnes of plastic has gone to landfill since the 1950s, and recycling efforts have only tackled 9 per cent of what we’ve produced. With current techniques, plastics degrade in ...

Breeze was installed for Chart Art Fair 2024 The pavilion was built from standard timber components, with a roof of recycled ship sails held in place with jute rope, another Danish maritime reference.

It uses recycled Mexican Coca-Cola and Pacifico beer bottles to create the glass for its new line of tequila. About 30 minutes outside of Guadalajara, Mexico is the city of Tonalá , which is ...