Enzymes found in landfills around the world may be able to break down plastic waste. Some 11 billion metric tons of plastic ...

PostMag talks to 5 women innovators at the top of their game and pushing the boundaries of scientific discovery: here we meet ...

Today, a bus-sized statement made its way to Parliament. Quite literally, a double-decker designed to highlight the staggering 12 tonnes of plastic gum the UK chews and discards every single day.

She is also a Certified Stress Management Coach. A recent study found a whole plastic spoon's worth of tiny plastic shards in human brain tissue. Pretty wild, right? Some researchers have ...

Used to make cooking spatulas, takeout boxes and kitchen peelers, black plastic made headlines after a study last year claimed that the material contained toxic flame retardants which could be ...

Every minute, the equivalent of one garbage truck of plastic enters our oceans. Scientists warn that by 2040, plastic waste in our seas could triple, threatening marine life and potentially our ...

Plastic packaging can have substantially smaller environmental impacts—including 70% lower greenhouse gas emissions—compared to other packaging materials, according to a new study. The findings ...

Laundry and dishwashing detergent pods, which contain polyvinyl alcohol (PVA), are designed to dissolve ... says Renée Sharp, director of plastic and petrochemical advocacy for the Natural ...

VAM can be used to make polyvinyl acetate (PVA) and other specialty resins. Full-year sales at Celanese's Engineered materials unit, including the former DuPont businesses, were down 9 percent to ...

Poor people in vast city slums across the Global South are burning plastic to cook their food, warm their homes and boil water for hot showers. Waste plastic is plentiful and highly flammable.