Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic ends up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials ...

Hundreds of millions of tons of single-use plastic end up in landfills every year, and even the small percentage of plastic that gets recycled can’t last forever. But our group of materials scientists ...

As the global demand for polymers and plastics intensifies, an unsettling statistic from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development reveals that only 9% of these materials were ...

Most plastics can only be recycled a few times, and less than 10 percent of all our plastic waste gets recycled, the majority ending up in landfills, our rivers, and streams, and finally the oceans.

Sand, rock, and melted plastic now sit beneath the tires on a quiet residential street in Oahu. For nearly a year, cars have ...

To upcycle the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists at Oak Ridge National Laboratory invented a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material ...

Oliver's store recommends traditional wood or wicker furniture only for covered porches or patios. Even wrought iron, a backyard standby, has higher maintenance needs. For full sun use, the polymer ...

Recycled fishing nets and household plastics create durable roads while reducing marine debris and landfill overflow in ...