A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

Millions of tons of plastic waste continue to find its way into the ocean every year, as efforts to clean it up cannot even ...

This was for the first time that the “end-of-life fate” of plastic around the globe, which had ever been manufactured, had been calculated. The authors did so by collating data on production, use, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, recycling plastic has been a losing game — too slow, too expensive, and too limited in scope. Most methods rely on ...

Today’s announced project is for the engineering and testing of an advanced waste management solution targeting both non-recyclable plastics and other forms of hazardous liquid waste. Using ...

Sahadat Hossain, a civil engineering professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, shows a sample of recycled plastic in asphalt and a bag of recycled plastic used to make the asphalt, May 1, ...

Plastic-infused asphalt can also save money. Because it lasts longer and resists cracking, cities may spend less on repairs and maintenance. In Rockwall, for example, early estimates suggest these ...

Plastic waste is one of the biggest global problems right now, with more than 400 million tons generated each year and only 9 ...

Of the nearly 400 million tons of plastic waste produced annually, about half ends up discarded, polluting landscapes and waterways worldwide. Developing sustainable ways to recover, break down and ...