A team of chemists may have found a way to solve the plastic recycling problem - and it starts with a little help from nickel ...

In the U.S., about 26-27 million tons of plastic were sent to landfills in 2018 and 2019, according to the EPA.

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern ...

Scientists at Northwestern University have developed a groundbreaking nickel-based catalyst that could transform the way the ...

The age of pre-sorting mixed plastic waste may soon be over. The secret weapon? A cheap catalyst made from nickel that ...

Northwestern chemists unveil a nickel catalyst that makes recycling stubborn plastics easier and more efficient.

Pangaia used recycled plastic in its new FLWRDWN puffer collection. These efforts are an improvement on the status quo, because they have a lower carbon footprint and don’t rely on petroleum.

Redesigning products to use less plastic and to be more easily reused or recycled is also critical, said Inger Andersen, executive director of UNEP, at the opening of the second meeting.

You can't recycle all types of plastic -- some belong in the trash and others need to be composted.

What can we do about the world's plastic problem? ByBlock is taking recycled plastic and turning it into a colorful building material.

Recycling "does not solve the solid waste problem," the head of a plastics trade group said in 1989, around the time the industry was launching its recycling campaign.

Coca-Cola is launching bottles made out of 100% recycled material in efforts to reduce their use of new plastic. Here's where you can find them.