A battle over plastic—a material so prolific the UN calls the 90 percent of it that ends up as trash a pollution crisis—is under way in Florida. Coral Gables, a small city of 51,000 people ...

Transform recycled PVC plastic bags into a stunning fish tank and waterfall with this innovative DIY cement project. This video reveals how to combine creativity and sustainability, turning ...

As an interior designer who’s seen far too many boring plastic chairs in homes, I took it upon myself to find better options. I’ve put together a list of the best plastic chair styles that ...

Loos says, “We have a skilled team with plastic welding expertise that is capable of creating unique solutions for you.” An additional advantage is that each of these tanks is equipped with top-grade ...

Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds. The benefit of plastics ...

Monreal is the founder of Circular Resources and the founder and former CEO of United Kingdom-based Plastic Energy. The latter firm has developed patented technology based on a scalable chemical ...

Why would an apex ocean predator eat gloves? Or rope? Or plastic cups? How does a whale end up with more than 200 pounds of waste in its stomach? In November 2019, a young sperm whale was found ...

When a young woman from Kolkata walked into the Shark Tank India set ... came to pitch her biodegradable plastic — what followed was a full-blown scramble among the sharks, fighting to partner ...

Children play in a pile of scrap plastic in a village in East Java, Indonesia, while their mother nearby spends the day picking through it for tiny pieces of cardboard to sell back to the paper mill.

Plastic is a very positive and sustainable product when used responsibly. By promoting the values of re-think, reduce, re-purpose, re-use and recycle, the platform aims to inspire behavioural ...

Microplastics – tiny plastic fragments smaller than 5 mm in diameter – are everywhere. They’ve been found in Arctic ice, in the fish on our dinner plates, and even in human blood.

A new type of adhesive that can be cleanly removed from plastic bottles and packaging before disposal could lead to better-quality recycled plastic, a new study has shown. The adhesives used to ...