However, when they’re soaked in saltwater, the electrolytes unlock those bonds, and the material dissolves. An artist's impression of the new plastic, showing the strong bonds above the water ...

a plastic that dissolves in salt water. Plastic waste can be found everywhere on the planet. The oceans are also heavily polluted with it. Over time, bags, bottles and fishing nets decompose in ...

After all, you don’t want your drink container to dissolve just because you’re at the beach. To solve this, the team added a water-resistant outer coating. The plastic stayed stable ...

I stashed all my trash for one week to assess where I could make sustainable swaps. Here’s what I changed to reduce my ...

A bill aimed at protecting the watersheds of Lake Tahoe by banning the sale of plastic water bottles in the basin is moving forward in the Nevada Legislature. Senate Bill 324, sponsored by senator ...

Efforts to curb plastic waste in the United States are accelerating, with a growing number of cities and municipalities enacting bans on the sale of single-use plastic water bottles. These ...

Much of the U.S. uses single-stream recycling, where plastic, glass and paper go into one bin. Here’s what happens to that ...

In doing so, volunteers removed over 2,000 plastic water bottles, in addition to 4,000 plastic bottle caps, and 17,000 miscellaneous pieces of plastic that likely could have come from the ...

People carry reusable water bottles for a variety of reasons. Perhaps they want to reduce plastic waste or microplastic intake, or maybe they are trying to stay hydrated for health reasons. Regardless ...

A bill in the Nevada Legislature aims to reduce plastic pollution around Lake Tahoe by banning the sale of small plastic water bottles. If passed, Nevada businesses surrounding the lake would no ...

Still, North Carolina is among dozens of states that have mandatory recycling requirements, The Charlotte Observer previously reported. Plastic bottles, aluminum cans and wooden pallets are among the ...

Senate Bill 324 prevents the sale or distribution of plastic water bottles over four liters in any community around the lake. Sen. Melanie Scheible, D-Las Vegas, introduced the bill, and the state ...