There are more than 30 million tons of plastic waste sitting in American landfills. Those plastics can take hundreds of years to break down naturally. A scientific breakthrough could help clean it up ...
A new cocktail of enzymes that speeds up the degradation of plastic offers a step forward in finding a new form of recycling that is faster, more affordable and works on a larger scale than current ...
Americans overestimate the amount of plastic reused and recycled each year, according to a study conducted by Wakefield Research on behalf of Protein Evolution (PEI). More than four in five Americans ...
The Justice Department is launching a new effort to tackle environmental inequities. This follows a government report that found Black and Latino Americans live near more smog and pollution due to ...
Mentors: Jason Boock, Ph.D., Jason Berberich, Ph.D. Accumulation of plastic is a global problem, with plastic buildup occurring in the environment and even in organisms. Finding strategies to ...