Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Large proportions of plastic waste don't get recycled. Westend61 via Getty Images Plus In 1950, global plastic production was ...

This article originally appeared on ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the first ...

The agency is moving toward resurrecting a proposal from the first Trump administration to ditch Clean Air Act regulations.

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PROVIDENCE — State Sen. Frank Lombardo III says using a high-heat process called pyrolysis to break down plastic garbage into oils, tar and gases that can be burned or repurposed into other consumer ...

Images of plastic mountains at landfills and islands of floating plastics in our oceans demonstrably show that we are living in an age of immense consumer consumption. A rising worldwide population ...

CHIANG RAI - As Thailand deals with millions of tons of plastic waste each year, Pyrolysis is turning discarded plastic into diesel and other fuels, helping ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential.