A discovery led by the University of St Andrews has found a way to turn ordinary household plastic waste into the building block for anti-cancer drugs.

Each year, over 350 million tons of plastic are produced, much of it ending up in landfills or the ocean. A major contributor is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), used in everything from soda bottles ...

A worker transports plastic waste slated for a compressor in Bentong, Malaysia, in June 2024 before the waste is recycled and sold. (Mohd Rasfan / AFP/Getty Images) Malaysia has banned plastic waste ...

Plastic is a key component of modern life. This cheap, tough, yet pliant material is everywhere you look, from kitchen ...

Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles. Recycling plants are amassing millions of tons of plastic bottles, the Environmental Protection Agency says, with some becoming part ...

Humanity's reliance on plastic-based essentials is causing problems. Scientists warn that people, especially those in Southeast Asia, are ingesting microplastics regularly, putting their health at ...

Nearly ninety percent of U.S. states are failing to adequately address plastic pollution, underscoring evidence of a system failure in a new report by the Ocean Conservancy. The U.S. generates 40 ...

Malaysia says it is no longer accepting plastic waste from a handful of nations, including the U.S., that didn’t ratify the Basel Convention. Malaysia emerged as a major destination for waste from the ...