At a Massachusetts lab, pebble-sized pellets are transformed into forks and films that won’t leave microplastics in the ...

Plastic is an essential material in the modern world, but it's also environmentally costly to produce and a major pollutant. A material called pyridinedicarboxylic acid, or PDCA, could help address at ...

Prof. Renald Blundell's article of 26 July rightly draws attention to the growing public concern about plastic pollution and ...

Healthcare is awash in single-use plastics. In U.S. healthcare facilities alone, more than 2,800 tons of plastic packaging and products are thrown out every day. Few people are more aware of this than ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 30% to 40% of the nation's food supply ends up being wasted. That adds up to billions of pounds every year rotting in landfills and emitting greenhouse ...

Bamboo plastic sounds like a compelling eco-friendly material for a variety of applications, but its questionable durability and recyclability leave a lot to be desired. Researchers at Northeast ...

Plastics are one of the largest sources of pollution on Earth, lasting for years on land or in water. But a new type of brilliantly colored cellulose-based plastic detailed in ACS Nano could change ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic trash accumulates in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River. Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images ...

Researchers at the University of Maryland are working on a new biodegradable plastic wrap designed to keep food fresh longer, and they’re using artificial intelligence to help perfect it. The plastic ...