Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Researchers have developed a sunlight-driven process that breaks down common plastic waste and reassembles its carbon into ...

Urban households in developing countries are burning plastic waste in their homes to dispose of waste and as a cooking fuel to a greater extent than realized, according to a new study. Researchers ...

Several global trends are colliding with disastrous consequences for health and the environment, new research warns. Plastic production has skyrocketed since the 1950s, from a few million tons a year ...

SCIENTISTS at the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Nuclear Research Institute (DOST-PNRI) have built a prototype house made from radiation-processed plastic waste that may help address ...

Research Fellow, Ethical Consumption, Revolution Plastics Institute, University of Portsmouth Cressida Bowyer receives funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), the Medical ...