Takeaway coffee cups have a substantial impact on the environment. Sustainable cup company KeepCup offers an online calculator where drinkers can see the impact of using disposable cups in terms of ...

Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels. While scientists are ...

Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, “humanity produces over 430 million tonnes of plastic every year – two-thirds ...

In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture ...

For decades, recycling plastic has been a losing game — too slow, too expensive, and too limited in scope. Most methods rely on high-heat extrusion and mechanical separation, degrading the material ...

The development hasn’t been straightforward. Early versions of the algorithm struggled with shadows and confused driftwood ...

We like to think that tossing a plastic bottle into a recycling bin means we’ve done our part, but the […] ...

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...