Scientists developed a new process that tackles two problems at once—what to do with existing plastic waste and how to make new materials that are more sustainable. In a landfill, a plastic bottle can ...

Plastic is one of the world's biggest pollutants. But a new scientific discovery could transform the industry and its environmental footprint by capturing carbon dioxide from the air and using that to ...

Amid the tall ceilings of a massive lab, innovation is bubbling to the surface. "We're trying to convert the food waste to bioplastic," said Drew Wang, the principal investigator of a new project at ...

Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price. On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed by the rising ...

Seaweed is a versatile food that provides key minerals like iodine, magnesium and calcium. Adding seaweed extract to cattle feed could help reduce their methane emissions. Seaweed can also be turned ...

Lisa Ratner, 37, wanted to get rid of the plastic in her life. “During covid, I was sitting at home,” she says. “I remember looking at my bathroom and thinking, ‘I’m surrounded by plastic bottles.