Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...

According to The Environmental Protection Agency the average American produces about 1300 pounds of non-recyclable waste each year. Plastic shopping bags are included in that total. The phrase Reduce, ...

More than 100 billion plastic bags are used in America each year. One of the first steps to living an environmentally friendly lifestyle is to eliminate plastic bags from your life. This action can ...

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There’s no evidence of reusable bags spreading the novel coronavirus, but people are being cautious There’s no evidence of reusable bags spreading the novel coronavirus, but people are being cautious ...

A new study found that plastic use in shopping bags rose in New Jersey following the imposition of a statewide plastic and paper bag prohibition. Governor Phil Murphy (D-N.J.) and New Jersey state ...