Nontoxic nanoparticles make rewritable paper that can be printed and erased more than 80 times.
The New Plastics Economy is a three-year initiative to build momentum toward a plastics system that works. The initiative provides a global action plan to align with the principles of the circular economy.
Sometimes the brightest ideas come in young packages. Teenagers from around the world demonstrate you don’t need a high school diploma to come up with a life-changing invention.
The plant in UK will recycle more than 100,000 tonnes of organic waste every year to generate enough renewable energy to power 10,000 homes across the region.
Chemists discover structure of bacterial enzyme that generates useful polymers.
The pilot project in Finland will create liquid or gas fuel using only renewable energy sources.
Gov. Mapp sings proposal into law Oct. 7, 2016. This will restrict the use of plastic shopping bags in the territory beginning in 2017.
The Ocean Cleanup, a foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, has just presented the initial findings of its Aerial Expedition.
Since 2011 the two companies have been committed to producing the world’s first jet fuel derived from waste industrial gases from steel mills via a fermentation process.
Sweden is on its way to being zero waste - and it transforms much of its trash into sustainable energy.
A presentation to the American Chemical Society's fall meeting has revealed how fungi can extract valuable materials from batteries that would otherwise go to waste.
Most foods at the grocery store come wrapped in plastic packaging. This create a lot of non-recyclable, non-biodegradable waste. Scientists are now developing a packaging film made of milk proteins that addresses these issues - and it is even edible.
Researchers have long tried to find simple ways to convert this greenhouse gas into fuels and other useful chemicals. Now, engineers has developed a technique powered by renewable energies such as solar or wind.
Colombian architect Oscar Mendez is building a house with blocks and cuboids made of discarded plastics. Now the invention has started to benefit thousands of homeless.
San Franciscans, bid adieu to Styrofoam. On Tuesday, the city unanimously passed an ordinance banning the sale of any product made from polystyrene. Come 2017, selling any polystyrene product will be prohibited.
