Plastic is a good material, actually. While modern plastic laptops rarely flex when you pick them up, plastic can still flex ...

The European Union will introduce stricter rules for imports of plastics, the European Commission said on Tuesday, as it ...

With 400 million tons of plastic produced annually, landfills are overflowing. Oceans are choking on microplastics. And global plastic production is on pace to triple by 2060. But a new wave of ...

What happens is the polymer chains that make up plastic begin to move around when heated, making it easier for the chemicals ...

Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every ...

Microplastics can leach into food through various mechanisms, so what about the microwave? I asked a professor of public ...

Amazon is phasing out plastic from the envelopes, bags, boxes and cushioning it uses to ship items, swapping in paper-based ...

Scientists invent process that converts plastic bottles into paracetamol, which is a common drugstore painkiller used in ...

Dr. Lexie Wang, a plastic surgeon, explains to PEOPLE why she occasionally turns down patients who are looking to get ...

Wood boards may trap and neutralize bacteria better than plastic ones. Cutting boards made of one solid piece of hardwood ...

BBC’s Anna Holligan chronicles how a university lab is using dead trees and fungus to make an Earth-friendly insulation.

Spokane, WA. - Washington state shoppers will have to shell out more money for plastic bags bought at store check-outs in ...