A team of chemists has developed a method for recycling the polyester from cotton/poly blend fabrics.

A new study finds that putting starch into a bio-based polymer can make it more compostable, helping to reduce plastic waste.

A new type of new bioplastic can degrade as quickly as a banana peel in a backyard compost bin, researchers report.

Microplastics are changing the gut microbiomes of wild seabirds. Humans should be wary, too, researchers say.

Inhaling microscale and nanoscale plastic bits disrupted the sex hormones of rats in a recent laboratory trial.

A wholly-sustainable plastics industry is possible, researchers say. A new study shows what's needed to make it a reality.

Recycling waste plastic isn't effective because there's no money in it. But what if all that plastic could become nanomaterials?

Every day Canadians are exposed to a hormone disrupting chemical in the fresh foods they eat, as BPS migrates from labels into food.

A chance discovery led to a new plastic material that offers protection against corrosion, repairs itself, and can be reused multiple times.

Pregnant rats who eat nanoscale plastic bits pass them to their unborn offspring, research finds. Is the same true for humans?