Worms could be the answer to the plastic waste crisis after scientists found they can munch through a face mask in about four ...

A plastic-eating insect may help solve the trash problem that has choked the Earth for a long time, scientists have concluded in a new study.

The mealworm offers a potential eco-friendly and more efficient alternative to traditional recycling methods, which can be ...

An experiment reveals that a bio-solution to humans’ microplastics mess is likely to fall short, but could inspire other ways to attack the problem.

Biden commutes 1,500 sentences in largest single-day grant of clemency in modern history ...

“one worm’s trash is another worm’s treasure.” As scientists continue to explore the incredible potential of these plastic-eating larvae, the hope is that this small insect will inspire a ...

What if the key to our fight against plastic pollution was inside the gut of an insect? A recent scientific discovery sheds ...

Soft plastics found their origins in the late 1950s and early 1960s, with small worms and grubs being molded from hard rubber. The stiff rubber used, as well as the basic shapes produced, did not ...