Natural fibers promoted as sustainable alternatives to plastic, including cotton and wool, have been found preserved in a U.K ...

She wondered if she could construct a plastic-free house on a limited budget. For her there was a professional as well as a ...

Scientists engineer E. coli to convert PET plastic bottle waste into L-DOPA, a primary treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Kia donates two trucksto global partner The Ocean Cleanup to support river plastic removal operations in Guatemala Vehicles ...

Leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal's maiden six-wicket for India as the hosts beat England by 75 runs in the third and final Twenty20 International ...

A small piece of plastic — no larger than a baseball — can be enough to kill an adult Florida manatee, according to new ...

The SSPP Challenge drives innovation in sustainable plastics, aiming to reduce plastic waste and improve recycling rates ...

Discover the true scale of the plastic pollution crisis and explore the latest breakthroughs in recycling and repurposing ...

Researchers report in ACS ES&T Water that some wet wipes break down into plastic fibers, or microplastics, that could harm ...

Fiber-based flexibles do “not yet exist at the scale, cost, and performance needed” to solve the flexible plastic pollution problem, according to the Ellen MacArthur Foundation’s newly released guide.

The global ocean faces major threats—from illegal fishing to vanishing coastal habitats to plastic pollution. Now, a new cohort of scientists will work to bridge the knowledge gaps hindering effective ...

They’re tenacious, which is very good for a milk jug or a car bumper. But they don’t easily break down, which is bad for the ...