It all started in 2014 when Dave Hakkens, then a student at the Eindhoven Design Academy, released his design for a plastic recycling machine to the world for free. The aim was to make plastic ...

Scientists from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are winners of the 2024 Gizmodo Science Fair for creating a plastic that can be infinitely recycled. Can you design a new type of plastic that ...

It’s morning, and you wake up on a comfortable foam mattress made partly from greenhouse gas. You pull on a T-shirt and sneakers manufactured using carbon dioxide pulled from factory emissions. After ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Listen 47:11 The production of plastic has doubled in the past 20 years worldwide. “The research field is coming to ...

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...