According to international research, between 150 million and 190 million tons of single-use plastic products were produced globally in 2021. That number is expected to triple by 2060, with half ending ...

Plastic contamination is a terrible issue—the oceans are flooded with plastic waste, which causes it to enter our food chain.

Mac Chen and Ed Gadasu had the same considerations when it came to their senior design project: they wanted something to round out their studies of the materials field and something that felt ...

Designing bikinis might seem like an unusual way to save the environment. But Byron Bay local Nisha Abey is doing just that with her new range of recycled swimwear. The 29-year-old designs her bikinis ...

A new federal government report finds major potential to use recycled plastic in infrastructure items like pipe but also highlights significant economic and environmental challenges to growth in other ...

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According to the Environmental Protection Agency, almost 94 tons of municipal solid waste were recycled and composed in 2018 – about 32%. But there's also the looming issue of contamination, rendering ...