Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

Plastic is one of the world's biggest pollutants. But a new scientific discovery could transform the industry and its environmental footprint by capturing carbon dioxide from the air and using that to ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of ‘Meet a UChicagoan,’ a regular series focusing on the people who make UChicago a distinct intellectual community. Read about the others here. When asked to explain ...

Plastic is everywhere — and so are its harms. In this Earth Day interview, a frontline community member shares how a new plastic plant changed her life and her town. Plastic is everywhere — and so are ...