It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic ...

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...

In her new book, journalist and author Beth Gardiner explains how the industry has made plastic part of our daily lives – and what we can do about it.

It’s morning, and you wake up on a comfortable foam mattress made partly from greenhouse gas. You pull on a T-shirt and sneakers manufactured using carbon dioxide pulled from factory emissions. After ...

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank estimates ...

Recycled plastics are promoted on everything from water bottles and fleece jackets to shopping bags and yogurt cups: "This ...

This week on Possibly, we’re taking a closer look at how plastics have given the fossil fuel industry a new business platform — with hardly anyone noticing they’re even in the market.