A plastic bag, a dirty pizza box, plastic utensils, paper napkins, and a soda can—a single takeout meal can feel like a game of recycling trivia. Which items can be recycled? What kinds of plastic go ...

RIT Dubai project reinvents campus plastic waste to produce 3D printing materials As the world struggles with growing plastic waste, a team of mechanical engineering students from Rochester Institute ...

Most of us don't think twice when we reach for a plastic water bottle at the airport or on a hot summer day. But new research suggests you’re not just drinking water when you take a big glug from ...

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Discover how plastic bottles can be transformed into 3D printing filament. This process involves converting PET plastic bottles into long ribbons that are fed through a heated nozzle to produce ...

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Two chemists in lab coats, gloves, and safety glasses work in a fume hood. Chemists at the University of Copenhagen work on a way to recycle polyethylene terephthalate to create a carbon capture ...

Very few address the pressing issue of single-use water bottles. "Education is the most important action we can take," she says. "Drinking water from plastic bottles is fine in an emergency but it is ...

When you have a baby, it feels like there are infinite things to think and worry about. Are they eating enough? Do you have the right diaper rash cream? Is their car seat installed correctly? And, ...

It's no wonder that plastic squeeze bottles of extra-virgin olive oil have become TikTok famous: lightweight and portable, their ease and convenience can't be beat—a squirt here, a drizzle there, and ...

It's the height of summer, and for many Americans, that means scorching cars and forgotten plastic water bottles rolling around under the seats. But before you take a sip out of one of those, you ...