Researchers at the University of Edinburgh have developed a pioneering method that converts plastic waste into a key ...

Scientists have engineered bacteria to turn waste plastic bottles into the Parkinson’s disease drug L-DOPA, offering a ...

A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Imagine taking heaps and heaps of earth-polluting, unusable plastic waste and actually transforming it into something constructive? Plastic pollution is a proliferating and increasingly overwhelming ...

Chemists at UC Berkeley said they have created a new laboratory process that could represent a major step forward in recycling plastic products — from single-use bags commonly found in grocery stores ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Plastic waste is one of Mexico's toughest environmental challenges — but a new collaboration could help turn ...