Have you ever noticed that tiny tools, screws, nails, washers and the like have a curious way of getting lost in the fray? It ...

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

Can you believe she wears that outfit!?” Musk's image was a response to an image posted to X by Harris, which shows a picture of Republican candidate Donald Trump with the words “Donald Trump vows to ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

The grace period is over for a whole new range of now banned plastic bags and other everyday products. Vote in our poll and have your say. The state government announced from September 1 ...

South Korean designer Jeonghwa Seo has used purpose-cast aluminium tubes to create a collection of tables and benches, with their structure obscured behind frosted acrylic. Each of the eight ...

There's a wealth of picture options to tweak your TV to make it look exactly how you want it to. Tinkering yourself can be time consuming though and some options won't make much sense unless you're an ...

Researchers have cracked the code for turning plastic back into the building blocks to make new plastics. It could revolutionize recycling, which studies have shown is broken. Researchers at UC ...