The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Plastic surgery has increasingly become a popular way for individuals to enhance their appearance, boost self-confidence or address medical concerns. Among women, certain types of plastic surgeries ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

Using plastic in construction is cheap and easy, but some are trying to radically cut back its use.

Plastic waste is becoming an increasing problem, with 50 million tonnes of single-use plastic being produced each year. Plastics are used in the packaging of food and drinks.

With only a small percentage of plastics recycled, determining the best way to recycle and reuse these materials may enable higher adoption of plastics recycling and reduce plastic waste pollution.

Plastics labeled with a number 1 inside the recycling symbol are about 20.9% likely to be reprocessed, according to Greenpeace. Plastics numbered 3 through 7 have a reprocessing rate of less than 5%, ...

Though you may have good intentions, not all takeout containers are easily recyclable. These are the six types you're better off tossing in the trash.

“If you have a sufficiently sensitive test, you will find these chemicals in everyone,” adds Dr. Christos Symeonides, a ...

Plastics are synthetic or semi-synthetic materials made from polymers, which are long chains of molecules typically derived from petroleum, natural gas, or other organic sources. Plastics are ...

The presence of small plastic pellets on the beaches of Donostia and Orio has drawn attention to a little-studied source of ...

Victor Gambarini was supported by a Ph.D. stipend from the George Mason Centre for the Natural Environment (New Zealand). Additional support was provided by the Aotearoa Impacts and Mitigation of ...