This video demonstrates the process of creating a sheet of recycled plastic. The team melted 2.2kg of HDPE using a panini press and kept the melted plastic warm in a toaster oven. After gathering ...

Phoenix-based Supersede may be located some distance from the ocean, but that’s not stopping it from developing the world’s first 1:1 marine-grade plywood replacement for boatbuilding and other ...

Corbin Olson Amid mounting regulatory pressure, evolving trade flows, and shifting brand commitment dynamics, the United ...

We're kicking off today with a research theme. Scientists at West Virginia University, with help from a $1 million U.S. Department of Energy grant, are using microwave irradiation to try to recycle ...

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Sukhbir Sandhu has received research grants from Australian Research Council (Discovery), Green Industries SA, and the European Union. Great question Jessica! We use lots of plastic in Australia and ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell and Hiroko ...

Imagine you’re filling up 100 bags of coffee. You’re using beans from a few different providers — 10 percent of the beans they sent you are decaffeinated and the rest are caffeinated. However, you ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, ...

Sustainability efforts in toy manufacturing are not a new concept. Reducing environmental impact on the packaging side, such as removing plastic windows from blister packaging, has been a focus, but, ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...