Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...

The SSPP Challenge drives innovation in sustainable plastics, aiming to reduce plastic waste and improve recycling rates through strategic funding and research.

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

A U.K. startup, originating from founder Jacob Nathan’s high school science project on using enzymes to break down plastic waste, has secured an oversubscribed $18.3 million in Series A funding.

Global packaging producer Amcor PLC, Zurich, recently announced its support of a three-year plastic recycling project led by the Danish Technological Institute. The co-funded partnership, Circular ...

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Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...