New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled into new PET products or upcycled into higher value materials. In experiments, method recovered 94% of monomers ...

Microplastics are now a ubiquitous part of our daily physical reality. These minuscule fragments of degrading plastic now suffuse our air, our soil, the food we eat and the water we drink.

Plastic does not naturally biodegrade. The Environmental Protection Agency cites research indicating that once in the environment, plastics can take between 100 and 1,000 years to decompose.

On average, the total amount of plastics found in the brain in each of the 2024 samples is about the same amount found in a disposable plastic spoon, say the researchers. What's perhaps even more ...

sandbags were temporarily unavailable at Newmarket and Lota. Instead they’ve directed residents to the other three depots, where they said 60,000 sandbags were available for collection ...