Thousands of events are scheduled across the globe to celebrate Earth Day on Tuesday, April 22. Here's a handful happening in ...

The Force was with many Japanese, as well as visitors from abroad, at a “Star Wars” event on Friday where Lucasfilm announced ...

expressing that she woke up to the smell of "burning plastic." Noting that the "smoke filled the air," she said flight staff handed out wet face towels and that some passengers used their in-flight ...

People can use plastic filaments, resin ... you might want to paint the final product. Moreover, the Santa version includes different arms that let printing hobbyists customize what Saint Nick ...

One afternoon last week, dozens of students from Bogazici University gathered at a metro station in Istanbul, many wearing masks to avoid reprisals or ... protests showed riot police using tear gas ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this Sept. 11, 2001 photo, firefighters work ...

If you’re tempted to dump the face mask and switch to face shields instead, think again. Health officials don’t recommend the clear plastic barriers as a substitute for masks because of the ...

hold a Canadian flag and an ice hockey stick to show their support for Canada regarding trade tariffs as they pose with with another visitor to the city wearing a mask of President Donald Trump in ...

IZUMISANO, Osaka Prefecture—The skyrocketing use of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the immediate and long-term threat of plastic waste to life in the oceans. Many ...

From paid influencers on TikTok and Instagram to PR appearances at the Olympics and plastics shows on TV, the National Association for PET Container Resources (Napcor) in the US is pulling out all the ...

in North America and Europe,” researchers said. “The mismanaged plastic waste generated from individual PPE [including face masks, gloves and face shields] is ... skewed towards Asia because ...

The Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro says repurposing and reusing some of its surgical masks helps reduce plastic pollution. The BBC's health, science and environment reporter Laura Foster has ...