In the domestic waste industry, recyclable plastic waste is categorized under either synthetic polymer or synthetic resin waste depending on the material and can be sold to facilities specialized ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

Impact Plastics Inc. founder Gerald O'Connor said employees had enough time to escape the industrial park swallowed by a deadly flash flood after heavy rains from Hurricane Helene caused the ...

Wastewater bacteria can breakdown plastic for food Finding could lead to bioengineering solutions to clean up plastic waste Date: October 4, 2024 Source: Northwestern University Summary ...

Impact Plastics said no employee faced termination if they left due to floods. Tennessee officials announced Wednesday that they are investigating allegations involving Impact Plastics after ...

Paulo Fassani via Flickr under CC BY-SA 2.0 A rancher from Montana was sentenced to six months in prison on Monday for using parts from protected sheep to create giant sheep hybrids, aiming to ...

A Montana rancher has been sentenced to six months in prison after cloning a “near threatened” sheep from Asia and then selling its offspring to shooting preserves, according to court documents.

While a common family of bacteria, Comamonadaceae, grow on plastics in urban rivers and wastewater systems, it was unclear how these bacteria interact with and break down plastic. Professor Ludmilla ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere, and a good amount of it is composed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET, ♳). This polymer is used to make bottles, containers and even clothing. Now, researchers report ...

A Montana man has been sentenced to six months in prison for his involvement in a sheep cloning and breeding scheme involving a rare ovine species. According to USA Today, 81-year-old Arthur ...

The Montana rancher’s illegal scheme began in 2012, when he paid for his son to hunt one of the world’s largest sheep species in Kyrgyzstan, court documents say. Arthur “Jack” Schubarth ...