Engineer Guy Bill Hammack explained the ingenious design behind a recyclable two liter PET plastic soda bottle.

Nagpur: The sprawling field adjacent to the NU main administrative building was finally cleared of all the plastic waste left ...

A popular brand of artisanal water based out of Hawaii completed its recal of nearly 4,000 cases filled with dozens of ...

Around 100 billion plastic beverage containers are sold in the United States each year — much of which ends up in landfills and waterways, polluting the environment and endangering wildlife. Studies ...

Most plastics used today – roughly 75% – are made of semicrystalline polymers. These materials have a layered structure that ...

They’re also discovering just how easily the tiny particles get there. Microplastics don’t just shed off of plastic items ...

Police allege the Florida mother waited an hour to call 911 after first realizing her son drank from a bottle that had methamphetamine inside of it Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has ...

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One gram (0.04 ounces) of gum released an average of 100 microplastic fragments, though some shed more than 600 ... last year that a litre (34 fluid ounces) of water in a plastic bottle contained an ...

Today, Oceana released a new report that projects The Coca-Cola Company’s plastic use will exceed 9.1 billion pounds (4.1 million metric tons) per year by 2030 if the company does not change its ...

Even all-natural gum sheds microplastics when chewed ... from chewing a piece of gum compare with exposure from plastic water bottles or plastic food storage containers? “This is hard to ...

"People tend to freak out a little bit when told that the building blocks of chewing gum were similar to what is found in car tyres, plastic bags, and bottles," Jones said. Lowe also pointed to the ...