(CN) — A plastic-based textile that can cool your body more efficiently than other natural or synthetic fabrics has been developed, offering a low-cost option to keep people cooler in poorer nations ...

Gravel is affordable, easy to install, and relatively inexpensive, but weeds can become a major problem. Luckily, there's an ...

Plastic fabric material is bad for the soil, bad for the plants and bad for the pocketbook. It can also help make a mess. (Howard Garrett) ...

Plastic is lightweight and easy to use. If it's rainy, plastic does not get wet and heavy. However, wherever a leaf touches the plastic, there is no insulation at that point.

Instead of tossing plastic bottles in the recycling bin, consider saving them to build a one-of-a-kind furniture piece that's ...

Diana Kingsley of Verona, New York, makes reusable beeswax food wraps, a sustainable alternative to plastic wrap.

04-15-2019 DESIGN This beautiful new fabric is actually old plastic bags woven on a loom The studio behind the textile, called Plastex, has saved more than 10,000 bags from the landfill so far.

Researchers have engineered a low-cost plastic material that could become the basis for clothing that cools the wearer, reducing the need for energy-consuming air conditioning.

The fabric goes through a process that turns it from plastic into a strong fabric for everyday use. The company estimates it lowers its carbon footprint by 45-50% by relying on recycled materials.

Bakelite colour chart, 1924. Wikimedia Commons ME: That’s an excellent historical summary of plastics as a modern material. But as an archaeologist, I see the development of plastics as part of ...