Using bacteria to take a bite out of plastic pollution is not new. But can the same microbes be used as a food source? In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for ...
A study published today in the weekly journal Science projects that at present rates the world's plastic waste will nearly double by 2050, imperiling waterways and seas already under threat. But ...
A new kind of building material is taking shape in a lab at the University of Michigan. The modular, flat black panels panel is the kind of wall-like material that’s used to clad the exterior of ...
Researchers create supercapacitors from waste PET plastic bottles that could power electric vehicles and electronics within 5 ...
Halloween is a wild, scarily popular holiday. According to market analysts at Statista, about 70% of Americans have fallen under its spell, and will spend about $12 billion this year in costumes, ...
This article is part of CNN Underscored’s Earth Week, a weeklong focus on our planet and ways to celebrate and preserve it. We’ll be featuring tips on how to live more sustainably, products to help ...
When California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed suit against Exxon Mobil and accused the oil giant of misleading the public about the effectiveness of plastic recycling, many of the allegations surrounded ...
How did we get here? How did this revolutionary material invade every aspect of our lives and drive a global consumer culture of "make, take, and waste"? How can we break the cycle before it’s too ...
Americans, on average, toss out about three quarters of a pound of plastic each day, according to researchers at Oxford University. Most of that trash winds up in a landfill. As someone who loves ...
Reducing plastic use this year should be on everyone’s radar, although it won’t be easy. According to the United Nations, ...
Britta Denise Hardesty receives funding from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and from The United Nations Environment Programme and in the past has received philanthropic funding ...