Seafood is a major industry in New England. It generates a lot of revenue for coastal communities, but with that productivity ...

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 ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. – Uline is looking to grow their workforce in the Lehigh Valley. Uline will be hosting a hiring event on Wednesday, Sept. 4 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m. to fill day and night shift ...

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 ...

These tiny plastic particles can range in size from 5 millimeters (as small as a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, which can’t be seen with the naked eye, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world with 275 million people, but the second largest plastic polluter after China, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

Plastic pollution is deadly to ocean wildlife. Ingesting plastic can lead to slow and painful starvation, while plastic entanglement can cause loss of limbs and worse. None of the ocean’s inhabitants ...