Human brain samples collected at autopsy in early 2024 contained more tiny shards of plastic than samples collected eight years prior, according to a preprint posted online in May. A preprint is a ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" in the video player above. HOUSTON, Tex.—When the news crew showed up outside a waste-handling business ...

A green accounting method called “mass balance” certifies that something was manufactured with recycled plastic — just not necessarily much of the bottle making the claim. By Julie Creswell ...

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

When it comes to heating up food, it’s generally recommended that you avoid microwaving stuff in plastic containers. But while many people are aware that this isn’t an ideal way to heat up ...

In 2019, an agency within the U.S. Department of Defense released a call for research projects to help the military deal with the copious amount of plastic waste generated when troops are sent to ...

"Plastics are the new coal," declares Beyond Plastics. "Pollution from the plastics industry is a major force behind the heating of the planet," reports The Hill. The Natural Resources Defense ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

A study published in Nature Chemical Biology leverages the natural resilience of spores, which can endure extreme environmental conditions, by programming them to secrete plastic-degrading enzymes ...

Toymaker Lego said Wednesday it is on track to replace the fossil fuels used in making its signature bricks with more expensive renewable and recycled plastic, as sales and profits surged.

INDOS.OR LISA: PLASTIC POLLUTION IN THE OCEAN HAS BEEN K ANOWN PROBLEM FOR DECADES. BUT NOW A COLLABORATIVE STUDY IS SHOWING HOW THE TINIEST OF THOSE PLASTICS COULD INCREASE ETH CHANCES FOR ...