One-time-use plastics — products which are useful for a short time but will stick around in landfills for centuries — are the ...

A team of Japanese researchers has developed a plastic material that disappears in seawater within hours, leaving no harmful ...

Mice exposed to polystyrene nanoplastics developed problems in their guts and livers. It’s not yet clear if humans are similarly affected.

Plastic chemicals could be present in some popular organic food products, according to Consumer Reports, a nonprofit ...

“Castaway” runs through April 6 of next year at Harvard‘s Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology. The Peabody‘s Ilisa ...

Kristina Smithe’s company, Hiccup Earth, has taken the cups to 137 races and spared more than 902,000 disposable ones from ...

Is it bad to eat food that's been microwaved in a plastic container? Here's what to know about microwaving, food, and ...

Using the right types of storage containers can go a long way toward preserving your things. Plastic bins are often great for art supplies, tools, and out-of-season Christmas decorations ...

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." The World Bank ...

About 75 percent of the deaths were in Asia, the Middle East and the Pacific — reflecting growing concern about the amount of plastic proliferating in developing countries. “We think of ...

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates. Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a ...