California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter starting Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on ...

Going plastic free starts with cloth bags and straws. Suddenly, you’re … making your own toothpaste? Credit...Adam Amengual for The New York Times Supported by By Steven Kurutz For Beth Terry, the ...

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 ...

There often are tiny bits of plastic in the fish and shellfish we eat. Scientists are racing to figure out what that means for our health. Read this story and more in the June 2018 issue of National ...

What would a month without buying any new single-use plastic products look like? It’s a tall order for many Americans, who go through about five pounds of plastic a week, according to Oxford ...

Big brands like Procter & Gamble and Nestlé say a new generation of plants will help them meet environmental goals, but the technology is struggling to deliver. Big brands like Procter & Gamble and ...

PHA may provide a solution for the plastic pollution problem. SUWON, South Korea -- South Korean conglomerate CJ Cheiljedang is jumping into the global market to begin mass production of PHA ...

University of Toronto provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation CA. University of Toronto provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. Plastic pollution and climate change ...

When it comes to plastic, there are certain items that should never be kept inside, like raw meat, candles, and photographs ...

Plastic is a good material, actually. While modern plastic laptops rarely flex when you pick them up, plastic can still flex in a way metal can’t. A plastic laptop chassis may be more resistant to ...