The picnic tables inside Plastic Lumber Co.'s warehouse look solid and durable, as if they were crafted by a master carpenter using thick lumber and a sharp saw. But they weren't built from redwood or ...

Hard-to-recycle plastics First Star Recycling collects in orange Hefty ReNew bags are turned into plastic lumber at its PRF. It is still early in the process, but First Star Recycling could be onto ...

MIT’s 3D-printed recycled plastic trusses could reduce deforestation and offer a scalable solution for global housing needs.

MIT engineers turn plastic waste into strong building parts that could solve housing crisis and reduce environmental impact ...

3D printing is transforming single-use trash into permanent infrastructure. Engineers at MIT are successfully ...

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Flexible plastic packaging now accounts for more than half of the global plastic packaging market, and volumes are expected ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

I’m a dedicated recycler. I fret when I see people throwing garbage in with soda cans and empty water bottles. I’ve even been known to rescue recyclables from the trash — at my house, for sure, but ...

In Mongla, climate change is not an abstract threat but a reality. Rising salinity, erratic weather patterns, and ...

Outside a hulking, beige structure shaped like a barn, a few miles northeast of downtown Tyler, Karen Combs spots something glossy and red on a gloomy January afternoon. “There was your Skittles,” she ...