Adam Aleksic, who posts as Etymology Nerd on social media, argues in a new book that algorithms are reshaping the English language.

Aussie researchers are at the vanguard of scientists worldwide solving the global environmental crisis created by plastic pollution.

Countries have shown a united front for ambition after talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty collapsed last year.

A team of Japanese researchers has developed a plastic material that disappears in seawater within hours, leaving no harmful residues. Designed to be more environmentally friendly than ...

Toyoda Gosei has developed a new technology to recycle high-quality plastic from end-of-life vehicles to meet the growing demand for recycled plastic.

Plastic storage products can leach microplastics into foods when frozen or microwaved. Here's how to limit your exposure.

The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here's how it works.

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates. Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a ...

A new ocean-dissolvable plastic from Japan breaks down overnight with no microplastics left behind – safe, strong, and eco-friendly innovation for the future.

Irradiation is a very effective tool in sorting recycled plastic, which already been washed and ground, according to the type of polymers. This improves the purity of the recycled plastic, and thus ...

Pyrolysis breaks down plastic and generates potentially useful oil − but it’s not a silver bullet for the planet.

The country has become a “dumping ground” for the developed world’s waste. Will an import ban bring real change or wind up being toothless?