Environmental NGOs are raising concerns about the growing presence of petrochemical industry lobbyists at talks to forge a ...

The oil industry is causing another life-threatening problem. Plastic waste has invaded the bodies of virtually every breathing lifeform on the planet.

Plastic is made from oil and natural gas, which started out as fossilized plant and animal material. But buried deep underground for millions of years, those materials changed in important ways.

For decades, America sent its plastic waste to countries like China and Indonesia. Kartik Byma/AFP/Getty Images America is now scrambling to find alternatives. One approach peddled by oil ...

Lego, which sells billions of plastic bricks annually, has tested over 600 different materials to develop a new material that would completely replace its oil-based brick by 2030, but with limited ...

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The Danish toymaker said Wednesday that it plans to gradually swap out the oil-based plastics in its bricks with certified renewable resin, which is 70% more expensive than the raw plastic ...

The Alliance to End Plastic Waste — formed by oil giants like Exxon Mobil and Chevron, as well as chemical companies like Dow — last year pledged $1.5 billion to fight plastic pollution.

Biodegradable plastic made from plants, not oil, is emerging By ABC News December 25, 2008, 4:48 PM ...