Mitch Hecht, CEO of International Recycling Group, hopes to have money raised for recycling plant by the end of the year.

A new study finds a bacterium in this family can break down the plastic for food. Researchers also identified the enzyme the bacterium use to degrade plastic. The discovery opens new possibilities ...

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Now, Northwestern University-led researchers have discovered how cells of a Comamonas bacterium are breaking down plastic for food. First, they chew the plastic into small pieces, called nanoplastics.

Plastic pollution is everywhere, and a good amount of it is composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, ♳). This polymer is used to make bottles, containers and even clothing. Now, researchers report ...

Plastic grocery bags are a significant contributor to global plastic pollution, and California is taking a big step up in tackling the problem. Thomas is a native of upstate New York and a ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

The ubiquity of plastic waste means that the plastisphere covers vast expanses of water and land. More than 7 billion tonnes of plastic waste have been generated globally so far, about 80% of ...

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replacing it with a 'flimsy plastic cover'. Shoppers slammed the supermarket for making what they deemed a 'hum-ungous error' While a spokesperson for the British supermarket said the move would ...