Aussie researchers are at the vanguard of scientists worldwide solving the global environmental crisis created by plastic pollution.

Countries have shown a united front for ambition after talks on a landmark plastic pollution treaty collapsed last year.

Kris Jenner has received a breast augmentation, facelift and earlobe reduction. Here's everything Kris Jenner has said about plastic surgery.

A team of Japanese researchers has developed a plastic material that disappears in seawater within hours, leaving no harmful residues. Designed to be more environmentally friendly than ...

A Pennsylvania state senator is pushing to outlaw single-use plastic bags at retail stores across the entire commonwealth.

Ask the average person to describe a bassoon and you’re likely to get a blank stare or a wildly incorrect guess. Despite its warm, vibrant sound and critical role in orchestras, the bassoon ...

Resealable plastic bags can release microplastics into our food and environment. Consider replacing these storage bags with non-plastic options.

The misleading accounting behind your ‘recycled’ plastic A convoluted credit system allows companies to label virgin plastic as recycled. Here's how it works.

Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law enacted three years ago.

Cutting down on the production of virgin plastics is essential, campaigners say, in the face of such low reuse rates. Global plastic recycling rates are now stuck at under 10 per cent, a ...

Japanese scientists at RIKEN CEMS, led by Takuzo Aida, have developed a new supramolecular plastic that maintains strength in use but dissolves quickly in saltwater.