Duke University researchers have put into dollar figures the true costs to society of cheap plastic products: from $436 ...

This kind of innovation makes daily life easier. Researchers discover incredible way to make use of old plastic water bottles ...

Researchers have developed a way to make a promising, sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastics more biodegradable. A team has made a bio-based polymer blend that's compostable in both home ...

Plastic is cheap to make and shockingly profitable. It’s everywhere. And we’re all paying the price. On a Saturday last summer, I kayaked up a Connecticut river from the coast, buoyed by the rising ...

— -- Here is one word about an up-and-coming innovation in plastics: cornfields. Bioplastics — most of which are now made from corn — are poised to grab a bigger share of the plastics market as ...

Green Science Alliance synthesizes carbon quantum dots that could be used in solar cells, high-definition displays, and ...

Australia's recycling system has been lurching from one crisis to another for decades. Soft-plastic schemes are collapsing, ...

HARARE — At Mbare marketplace, a major trading hub in Zimbabwe's capital city, plastic bags are everywhere. Vendors stack ...

Several VERIFY readers reached out to us to ask if black plastics, such as those used in cooking utensils, toys and food containers, are made from recycled electronics, and whether they contain ...