University of Edinburgh researchers have used bacteria to break down plastic waste and turn it into a Parkinson's drug, ...

Not many pill bottles are getting recycled in the U.S. despite them being made of commonly recyclable material. A new Closed ...

Nobody likes to see plastic bottles overflowing in bins and rattling around the streets. These single-use receptacles are a ...

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Dow, Midland, Michigan, has been included on Fortune’s 2019 “Change the World” list, a ranking of 52 companies that have made an important social or environmental impact through their profit-making ...

Lego has stopped a project to make bricks from recycled drinks bottles instead of oil-based plastic, saying it would have led to higher carbon emissions over the product’s lifetime, according to The ...

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Lego is forgoing one of its oil-free recycled plastic block prototypes after testing showed the material didn't cut down on carbon emissions. However, the toymaker isn't ditching the effort to make ...

An ambitious project at UC Berkeley aims to take plastic and break it down to create new plastic. Scientists at Berkeley said they have discovered a new way to vaporize plastic bottles and bags. What ...

NEW YORK, July 13 (Reuters) - PepsiCo Inc will soon sell its 7UP soft drink in Canada in bottles made from 100 percent recycled plastic, a move that paves the way for a wider roll-out to other drinks ...

A drug to treat Parkinson's disease can be made from waste plastic bottles using a pioneering method, a study shows. The ...