The larvae of a species of beetle native to Central and South America can apparently survive with plastic as their only food source. The larvae's appetite for Styrofoam could be the key to mass plastic recycling.

Microplastic fibres fly higher and further than previously assumed - even as far as the Arctic.

In a test phase lasting several weeks, the organisation “The Ocean Cleanup” successfully collected tonnes of plastic on the ocean surface with its system “Jenny”.

A young man from the Netherlands wants eliminate the plastic waste in the oceans. His team recently reported its first successful trial of a gigantic plastic trapping system in the Pacific. Now they intend to get to the root of the problem.

Two engineers from the ETH Lausanne (EPFL) are revolutionising the recycling of plastic: following the example of proteins, something new and useful is to be created after the decomposition of plastic.

A new artificial intelligence recognises plastic in the sea from satellite images. This could help to systematically remove plastic waste from the oceans using ships.

Scientists have developed a new method to convert plastic waste into hydrogen through pyrolysis, a high-temperature chemical process.

Cobalt-based catalysts could be used to turn mixed plastic waste into fuel, new plastics and other products.

Tiny micro- and nanoplastic particles (MNP) can not only enter the body through food, as is well known, but can even reach the brain.

Swiss researchers have developed a new type of recyclable plastic that could be used in aircraft, cars or wind turbines in the future.