The rules require all plastic packaging to be recyclable or compostable by 2032. Nobody — not the advocates, not the producers — thinks that's going to happen the way the law is written.

We tested over a dozen multitools, from compact key chain models to full-sized workhorses, to find the best options for ...

Living things degrade, die, and decompose. Even when we turn plant and animal material into furniture or clothes, the process ...

Plastic waste has become one of the world’s biggest environmental headaches, with millions of tons ending up in landfills, rivers,… Various plastic bottles pictured together – Pexels Plastic waste has ...

Linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases in people, nanoplastics continue to build up, largely unnoticed, in the world's bodies of water. The challenge remains to develop a cost-effective ...

The EPA announced last month it will consider regulating microplastics — particles that can be microscopic — as a contaminant ...

For years, recycled plastic claims have been shrouded in secrecy, difficult to verify, and often challenged as misleading.

Millions of tons of plastic waste accumulate in landfills and oceans every year. One promising response is to engineer ...

Researchers at the University of New England have created a low-cost, high-recovery method to extract microplastics from agricultural soils, potentially establishing a global testing standard. This ...

Abstract: This paper reports on a fundamental evaluation of high-frequency molded transformers for solid-state transformers (SSTs). The high-frequency transformers of DC/DC converters for SST require ...

Researchers at the University of New England have created a low-cost, high-recovery method to extract microplastics from soils, aiming to establish a global testing standard. The process, led by Ph.D.

A new "gold standard" for soil analysis and microplastic extraction has been developed at the University of New England (UNE), unlocking vital capabilities to safeguard agricultural soils and protect ...