"Burullus Lake serves as a stark reminder." Researchers make alarming discovery of widespread contamination in critical lake: ...

Researchers are just beginning to understand how microplastics might be affecting human health. A Reporter visited a lab to ...

For old toothbrushes, electric toothbrush replacement heads, used flossers, and toothpaste tubes from Crest, Oral-B, or ...

The Byron Center-based company says more than 5,000 pounds of flexible plastics have been recycled at its stores since 2023.

I stashed all my trash for one week to assess where I could make sustainable swaps. Here’s what I changed to reduce my ...

Less than 10% of the plastic produced worldwide in 2022 was made from recycled materials, according to a paper released this week. Less than 10% of the plastic produced worldwide in 2022 was made from ...

Bambrew, a metamaterial innovation company, has developed packaging solutions using renewable materials like ... rather than capping plastic production. The argument is clear – restricting ...

Less than a tenth of the 400 million tonnes of plastic produced around the ... life cycle compared with alternative materials such as metals or glass. And they said “bioplastics”, made from ...

Only 9.5% of the world’s plastic produced in 2022 came ... their life cycle compared with alternative materials such as metals or glass. And they said “bioplastics”, made from organic ...

The U.S. also imports recycled HDPE from places like Australia or the U.K., in part because those areas of the world use the plastic for milk jugs ... could flood domestic markets if the material is ...

Coca-Cola’s plastic use continues to grow - despite a clear opportunity to change ... Its goals are now to use 35% to 40% recycled material in primary packaging (whether plastic, glass or aluminum), ...

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects. By Nina Agrawal Nina Agrawal shadowed ...