The stated purpose of Trump’s import levies is to draw production back to the U.S. from around the world. Benzene illustrates that it won’t work with all products.

Plastic packaging helps food be transported and extends its freshness. But it contributes to climate change and clogs our waterways.

Another example of how hard it can be to recycle polymers.

What a reporter learned by cataloging all the plastic products around her.

Plastics could be a bigger source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. than the coal industry by 2030, if current production trends keep up.

The single-serving plastic bottle has been the target of pushback against plastic pollution for decades.

British and American researchers have developed a “super-enzyme” to reduce the cost and improve the efficiency of recycling of plastic waste.

Pennsylvania’s natural gas industry hopes the plant can bring a lifeline to a sector beleaguered by overproduction.

The new Shell plant will create millions of tons of plastic a year, plus 600 onsite jobs.