The world has a plastics problem. Never mind the horrifying pictures of a seahorse riding a cotton swab or a beached whale found with hundreds of plastic bags in its stomach. Plastic pollution has now ...

DW investigative environmental journalists Dan Ashby and Lucy Taylor look into the idea of using chemical recycling to deal with the problem of Europe’s plastic waste. The post Is chemical recycling ...

A plastic bottle and the remains of a child's spade on the beach in Prestatyn, U.K.. (Christopher Furlong | Getty Images) Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to ...

Scientists are developing solar powered technologies to convert plastic waste into clean fuels, offering a potential solution ...

Genetically engineered bacteria can not only degrade plastic waste, but they can convert it into valuable industrial chemicals. There are still unknowns -- for example, how to do this at scale and how ...

Globally, more than 460 million tonnes of plastic are produced each year, with millions of tonnes leaking into the ...

As airlines and travellers feel the effect of global jet fuel shortages, scientists in Kent may have figured out a ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Last week, ABC13 Meteorologist Elyse Smith reported on how the City of Houston manages recycling. One question from that report was about the validity of plastic recycling.

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Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to hammer out a global treaty to cut down on plastic pollution. It's their last chance before an end-of-year deadline to agree on ...

Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry. Negotiators from dozens of countries are in Busan, South Korea, trying to ...