Plastic pollution is a growing crisis that the world has to face, but Julian Brown's new 'Plastoline' might actually serve as ...

A 22-year-old inventor is gaining viral attention for what he calls “Plastoline,” a fuel he says is made from plastic waste.Julian Brown says he uses a process called microwave pyrolysis, powered by ...

According to a study published in the journal Science, a new method converts mixed plastic waste into fuel with 95% ...

In 1950, global plastic production was about 2 million tons. It’s now about 400 million tons – an increase of nearly 20,000%. As a material, it has seemingly limitless potential. Plastic is ...

This story was originally published by ProPublica. Last year, I became obsessed with a plastic cup. It was a small container that held diced fruit, the type thrown into lunch boxes. And it was the ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

CHARLESTON — A new plastic-to-fuel plant coming to the Upper Kanawha Valley promises jobs and innovation — but critics say the facility could do more harm than good. Clean-Seas West Virginia, a ...

Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. In 1950, the world produced just two million tonnes,” according to the website Our World in Data. That figure grew to over 450 million ...