Robots are getting in on the effort to curb our addiction to single-use plastics. A new partnership between one of the largest industrial robotics manufacturers and a compostable packaging company ...

Milwaukee Riverkeeper is a local nonprofit that’s been striving to achieve swimmable and fishable waters for nearly 30 years. “Cleanup” is Milwaukee Riverkeeper’s middle name. Now, it’s adding a ...

Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology developed a tiny plastic robot, made of responsive polymers, which moves under the influence of light and magnetism. In the future this 'wireless ...

Selfridges in London has been a premier shopping destination for buyers and browsers to see what’s going to be hot. That’s why there really is no better place for an amazing new window display that ...

Plastic pollution is among the world’s most pressing environmental issues, threatening drinking water, wildlife, food supplies and more. To address this multifaceted problem, UB researchers are ...

An invention born from a contest at England's University of Surrey might be swimming us closer to cleaner oceans. Researchers have created a robotic fish that doesn’t just collect plastic pollution; ...

Plastics are bad, m’kay, and a lot of the world is pretty god-awful at reducing, re-using and recycling. Single-use plastics are among the worst environmental evils out there, and Zume is leaping to ...

First off, the robots can help sort the plastic that’s set aside for recycling. Second, the chemicals can help break down the plastics into valuable raw materials. The University at Buffalo in New ...

Researchers have developed a tiny plastic robot, made of responsive polymers, which moves under the influence of light and magnetism. In the future this 'wireless aquatic polyp' should be able to ...