A 2016 behavioral economics study found that when consumers think their waste might be recycled, they worry less about the ...

The goal is to divert as much of that stuff from the garbage stream as possible, and there is more of it than you might think. About 25% to 30% of all garbage is in the form of organic food waste.

In Austria, a one-way deposit has been levied on PET plastic bottles and beverage cans since 1 January 2025. In order to be prepared for the increase in the number of returns, the recycling company is ...

The Coca-Cola Foundation has partnered with the United Nations Development Programme to tackle plastic waste management in Asia, providing a USD 15 million grant. The initiative spans nine countries, ...

Authors of the new plastic waste report, echoing the first-year report, said after the plastic reduction law roughly 16.5 ...

Thomas Nosker, an assistant research professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, has been named a ...

The researchers' process uses subcritical — or superheated and pressurized — water in addition to catalysts to produce ...

“Beyond its environmental impact, this machine promotes the concept of circular economy. Instead of plastic ending up in landfills or polluting the oceans, it re-enters the production cycle, reducing ...

Researchers have developed a groundbreaking method to upcycle discarded plastics into new materials with enhanced properties. This innovation not only offers a potential solution to the global plastic ...

Almost every weekday, at a nondescript storefront on Pleasant Grove's Main Street, a kind of magical alchemy takes place when ...

ORNL researchers have created a method to transform waste plastics into high-performance materials by editing the polymers, ...