Researchers at Virginia Tech have found a way to make biodegradable packaging stronger while using less energy in the process ...

Plastics have also eased the world’s reliance on older materials, and on the living beings from which many of them came.

By 2021 annual production had roughly doubled, with the trade in plastics (and goods containing it) estimated to be worth ...

The transport of microplastics is complicated by their physical properties (e.g., shape, size, and density), which can change over time as microplastics biofoul (i.e., facilitate the growth of ...

There is growing concern that plastics may also be responsible for significant harm to the earth’s environment and human ...

Ningxia Key Laboratory of Green Catalytic Materials and Technology, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Ningxia Normal University, Guyuan 756000, P. R. China Beijing National Laboratory for ...

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Chewing gum releases hundreds of tiny plastic pieces straight into people's mouths, researchers said on Tuesday, also warning of the pollution created by the rubber-based sweet. The small study comes ...

In fact, plastic is so widespread that it has triggered a new geological epoch. Now, researchers have added chewing gum to the growing list of products that expose humans to microplastics.

“But we know we are exposed to plastics in everyday life, and that’s what we wanted to examine.” Most of us use products that expose us to microplastics each and every day. In fact, it’s thought that ...

The team collaborated with researchers from the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT, President Young-Kook Lee) to analyze and confirm the properties of the resulting plastic.

All bags are not created equal when it comes to the environment. And paper might not be as green as you think. Credit...Photo by Tony Cenicola/The New York Times Supported by By Rachel Nuwer With ...