Waste plastics represent a growing environmental challenge when they are landfilled, incinerated, or enter waterways.

Come August, negotiators will congregate in Geneva for yet another round of talks on hammering out a Global Plastics Treaty, under the aegis of the United Nations Environment Programme. They will pick ...

A University of Maine engineer and his research team have discovered a revolutionary new chemical process that can transform forest residues, along with other materials such as municipal solid waste, ...