NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / March 30, 2026 / For decades, the economics of plastics have been deceptively simple: ...

According to Greenpeace, only 9% of the world's plastic gets recycled. Instead, plastic waste continues to collect in our ...

Scientists at the University of Edinburgh have successfully transformed common plastic waste into a high-value precursor for Parkinson’s disease medication.

(Krisanapong Detraphiphat/Moment/Getty Images) Scientists have found a new way to make a Parkinson's drug – out of old plastic. The plastic is polyethylene terephthalate (or PET), widely used in ...

UB researchers want to provide regulators and others a quick and reliable way to assess sustainability claims.

Potentially harmful chemicals can contaminate untreated water used in recycling plants to clean plastics before they're ...

Researchers use a novel process involving engineered Escherichia coli to turn plastic waste into levodopa, a frontline ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have engineered Escherichia coli bacteria to convert a chemical building block of PET plastic into levodopa, the most widely prescribed drug for managing ...

Sand, rock, and melted plastic now sit beneath the tires on a quiet residential street in Oahu. For nearly a year, cars have ...