Now, new research, published Friday in Science Advances, reexamines the U.S.’s role as a plastic consumer and concludes that the country has much more work to do at home to manage its waste.

"So, as soon as the movie finished, I ended up having some plastic surgery." "That's just not what you want to do when you're 25 or 26," she continued. "And I regretted it immediately and have ...

While it’s generally OK to store food in plastic containers labeled with a 1, 2, 4, or 5, you should try to use glass. Plastic marked with a 3, 6, and 7 should be used minimally around food to ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Engineers have developed an eco-friendly plastic alternative using calcium carbonate from seashells combined with poly (1,8-octanediol-co-citrate) (POC), a ...

The amount of plastic being recycled around the world is stagnant at less than 10% with most new plastic still made from fossil fuels, a new study said Thursday. Researchers from Tsinghua ...

In 2022, the world discarded around 268 million tonnes of plastic waste, but just 14 per cent of that – around 38 million tonnes – was recycled, according to a new analysis. The rest was ...

Evalyne Ndirangu, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications Ayhan Evrensel, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications “The world’s commitment to ending plastic pollution is clear ...

New research finds a link between eating out of plastic takeout containers and heart disease. The study adds to growing evidence that plastic chemicals may negatively influence your health.

“We’re going back to plastic straws,” Trump announced after signing an Executive Order on Feb. 10 that declared it U.S. policy to end the use of paper straws. “I’ve had [paper straws ...

The translucent Hedron Pendant features a bulbous but subtly striated lampshade finished in an intricate hexagonal pattern, which wraps a stem with a delicate but illuminating LED light source.

It’s undetectable, and more unnoticeable.” The “Undetectable Era” is a phrase mentioned in a viral TikTok by Prem Tripathi, MD, a plastic surgeon in the Bay Area who had noticed the rise ...