Black plastic exterior trim used to be a telltale sign that you bought the cheapest model available. Automakers save money on ...

Minnesota cities would be more interesting if there were an abundance of smiling plastic statues trying to sell us hamburgers or car washes.

There’s yet more evidence that exposure to plastics can be harmful to health. Recent research indicates that black plastic found in items like food containers, kitchen utensils, and toys often ...

James Merril / Opolis While Opolis focuses on sustainable eyewear, StokedPlastics is his materials company that utilizes ocean bound recycled polyethylene terephthalate (rPET) plastic found ...

A green plastic thaila has wrapped itself about a dead plant. (HT Photo) This vast ground is thickly covered with sand. Swirls of sand are rising from the ground, drifting along some distance ...

“Recyclable content is good. But if it’s legacy plastics, they often have these quite horrible things in them,” said Professor Mark Miodownik (UCL Mechanical Engineering) on the difficulties of ...

A study recently published by the journal Chemosphere originally stated that a toxic chemical found in black plastic almost exceeded the safe exposure limit when in fact it was 10 times LOWER than ...

When I was growing up, my grandparents had a few tried-and-true kitchen utensils that would constantly be used on rotation,including the common black plastic utensils that—more often than not—take up ...

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After two years of talks, we are closer to securing a treaty for the ages. One that hits the problem of plastic pollution hard and protects human, planetary and economic health. A high degree of ...