Lego is forgoing one of its oil-free recycled plastic block prototypes after testing showed the material didn't cut down on carbon emissions. However, the toymaker isn't ditching the effort to make ...

For years, the toymaker Lego has been trying to figure out how to make its plastic building blocks out of sustainable materials. It’s experimented with all kinds of things — Brazilian sugarcane, for ...

A firsthand look at an innovative program to improve learning, encourage environmental action and empower women in Côte d’Ivoire. UNICEF USA Chief Program Officer Darla Silva visits with students at ...

A recycling program that turns discarded plastic into construction-grade building blocks will become a sustained fixture in Tucson after City Council approved a 4-year contract Tuesday that makes ...

A radical new process “vaporizes” plastic bags and bottles to help make recycled materials. American scientists say the innovative chemical procedure turns ubiquitous waste items into hydrocarbon ...

Graduate student RJ Conk adjusts a reaction chamber in which mixed plastics are degraded into the reusable building blocks of new polymers. A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics ...