For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding measures against plastic pollution. In August, negotiations to reach an ...

A new global life-cycle analysis finds that if not properly disposed of, biodegradable plastics could increase methane ...

Binghamton PhD student Tianzheng Liu, left, and Department of Biomedical Engineering Professor Sha Jin have developed a method to turn food waste into biodegradable plastic. According to the U.S.

In a landfill, a plastic bottle can take more than a thousand years to break down. But a new process can transform polyethylene plastic in days, using bacteria to eat the waste and then turn it into a ...

SAN JOSE, Occidental Mindoro (PIA) — The San Jose Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Office (MENRO) calls for discipline in waste management, particularly in managing plastic waste in the ...