Plastic, in different forms, is everywhere. From bottles of water to medicine, this synthetic material is so versatile and so cheap that almost every industry on Earth has found some use for it. And ...

Plastic is woven into pretty much every part of our lives. In her new book "Plastic Inc," environmental journalist Beth Gardiner traces the history of how fossil fuel companies turned petrochemical ...

US researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have found a new way to turn the world’s most common plastic waste into gasoline and diesel fuels. Polyethylene is a common polymer used in the ...