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A dream of turning garbage into fuel is being nurtured by a lot of inventors, and one of them has come up with a small, portable device that burns up certain types of plastic trash and turns it into ...

Despite global concerns over the accumulation of plastic waste, the drive to produce new plastics shows no signs of slowing down. According to OECD data, the world’s annual plastic production has ...

The plastics industry has worked for decades to convince people and policymakers that recycling would keep waste out of landfills and the environment. Consumers sort their trash so plastic packaging ...