They may be convenient for some, but plastic products pose an immense problem when they end up polluting oceans around the ...

A Curtin University-led paper, "The Use of Plastic as a Household Fuel among the Urban Poor in the Global South" published in ...

Plastic Back has partnered with a U.S.-based recycler to scale its innovative low-temperature chemical recycling technology, which converts hard-to-recycle plastics like PVC into valuable byproducts.

The European company Reju may have developed the polyester recycling technology the textile industry needs. The question is ...

A six-month pilot project to test whether reusable soap and detergent dispensers at informal grocery stores, known as spaza ...

Researchers are training ‘mighty’ marine fungi to quickly eat polyurethane, one of our most common plastics. In a world that ...

The executive order Trump signed will undercut the former administration’s 2022 initiative to phase out single-use plastics, including straws, containers and bottles, from federal buildings by 2032 ...

Small changes add up. Coca-Cola announces major change in response to new government policy first appeared on The Cool Down.

A new Curtin University-led paper published in Nature Cities has called for action to reduce the burning of plastics for heating and cooking, a common yet hazardous practice emerging in millions of ...

CANDIDATES running in the upcoming midterm elections this year are being urged to protect the environment.

Vital Baby has announced the launch of its new range of everyday baby products that incorporates its proprietary EarthSmart ...

Pulitzer-nominated author Ronald Stein stimulates conversations to enhance everyone’s energy literacy. Two decades after the ...