Try to go an hour without touching something plastic. Come on, I dare you. The stuff is everywhere. Think about it. Everything from your toilet seat to the electronic devices you constantly use ...

While plastic may look low-cost on the shelf, its true price is staggering. Researchers estimate that plastic is responsible ...

To respond to the plastics crisis, we may find just as many answers looking backward as we do forward. At a recent event, sociologist Dr. Rebecca Altman explains. To respond to the plastics crisis, we ...

A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The ...

Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars ...

Scientists turned bamboo into a strong, recyclable, and biodegradable plastic that can replace regular plastic.

Granulating, melting, and shaping reclaimed plastic into Solar Flare Coat Hooks, which are simple, functional, and ...

Researchers have transformed food waste sugars into natural plastic films that could one day replace petroleum-based ...

Plastic pollution is destroying oceans — but in some places, marine life is adapting to it. From floating ecosystems on trash ...

Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price. On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed by the rising ...