They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the environment. From the 1950s, when plastics were first produced in ...

Scientists have found a way to turn common agricultural materials into bioplastics that can be "infinitely recyclable." According to Interesting Engineering, the U.S. National Science Foundation has ...

Chemists and innovative recyclers are trying to turn gloves, pipette tips, and other laboratory plastic waste into something useful ...