Author Beth Gardiner talks about her new book, 'Plastic Inc.' and about what she learned about the relationship between oil and gas companies and the plastics industry.

Scientists are exploring a method to convert plastic waste into fuels and valuable chemicals using sunlight, potentially ...

The war in Iran could raise the consumer costs of car parts, toys, clothing, and more.

The new plastic is remarkably high quality, researchers say. Image from the study. For years, chemists have been on a quest ...

At Austin Resource Recovery in Texas, styrofoam is densified so it can be recycled. While hot, the gooey substance looks like octopus arms squeezing out of a machine. “From here we take these, and we ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A drainage ditch clogged with plastic waste after monsoon flooding in Pakistan in August. - Asif Hassan/AFP/Getty Images The ...

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have found a way to make plastics more sustainable by utilizing sulfur waste from the petroleum refining process. They have developed a method that allows ...

Companies that use plastic packaging are facing price pressures and supply disruptions, which they warn will likely mean ...

Many large consumer product companies are falling short of the plastics recycling targets they set several years ago. Observers say this failure has contributed to hard times for the companies that ...