A new study published in Nature Communications reveals alarming amounts of microplastic particles in the air, even in the most remote, mountainous areas.

Given how many of the country’s targets for recycling and reuse come from Europe, a no deal could see the a serious backslide in terms of curtailing the waste problem.

A team led by researchers at MIT's Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) has developed a robotic system that can detect if an object is paper, metal, or plastic.

The most prestigious Bioplastics Award will take place on May 15th. What is the best bioplastics material and application in 2019?

It takes hundreds of years for disposable diapers to decompose in landfills – but this new machine can turn 220 pounds of dirty diapers into clean, raw materials in a single hour.

The purpose of packaging is to protect products, provide information and to help market and sell products. However, on occasion, brands and retailers can take the marketing and selling aspect of packaging too far.

A French company called Carbios has announced a process it says can infinitely recycle PET plastics using enzymes, even creating clear bottles from colored, post-consumer ones.

Portuguese artist Bordalo II opens the doors to ‘Attero,’ a giant exhibition of animal assemblages built with trash.

Students from Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti in Italy developed a cone to hold French fries made from potato peels, while the start-up Chip[s] Board developed an MDF-like board material made from peel waste.

According to European Bioplastics, a plastic material is defined as a bioplastic if it is either biobased, biodegradable, or features both properties.