This mythbuster explores the science behind recycled plastic in buildings, separating durable solutions from dangerous ...

Inger Andersen, Chief of UNEP, urges ministers to push for a strong, legally binding treaty to end plastic pollution by INC-5 ...

In 2019, Coca-Cola was named the world's worst plastic polluter, and despite pledges to increase recycled plastic use, progress has been slow. This latest partnership with UNDP has the potential to ...

The Seadrift plant produces 4 billion pounds of materials each year, including plastic used for food and pharmaceutical packaging and chemicals used in products like antifreeze, soaps, and paint.

Earth Island has, over time, filed a series of lawsuits in D.C. Superior Court alleging misconduct by brand owners and their use of plastic packaging. The nonprofit, while announcing the latest ...

There, he accepted a position as a street sweeper. To earn extra money, he began collecting polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, plastic bottles—the kind used for water and sodas—that he found along ...

It was an object he and thousands of other scientists used every day. And there it was, washed up on a beach along with hundreds of pounds of other plastic waste they were now cleaning up and ...

"By downloading the app and using your digital card, we can limit our use of plastic." Can You Still Get A Physical Sam's Club Membership Card? Sam's Club members may still get a physical membership ...

75% of all plastic used has some sort of a brick-and-mortar structure. It's made of really thin alternating layers: hard, soft, hard, soft, and so on. We've known since the 1950s that the soft ...

More research is needed to grow our understanding of how plastics of all sizes and types might come to pollute our foods. But individuals can also mitigate their exposure now by reducing their use of ...