Jack Rasmussen and his father, Jeff, were watching the Kansas City Chiefs against the Chicago Bears in a Week 5 game on TV during the 2015 season. Chiefs running back Jamaal Charles took a handoff ...

WAKO, Japan, June 4 (Reuters) - Researchers in Japan have developed a plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours, offering up a potential solution for a modern-day scourge polluting oceans ...

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.

A sweeping new ban on small plastic water bottles in Bali has triggered backlash from Indonesia’s beverage and plastics industries, even as environmental advocates hail it as a bold step towards ...

The hold-up? The packaging. Most deodorants on the market come in hard plastic cases with many tiny components, each of which is made of a different type of plastic, and most of which are not ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal-clear ocean live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. They have bellies so full of fragments, they crunch when touched.

Sport collectors can now collect Athletes Unlimited Softball League trading cards. The cards feature rookies Bri Ellis, Sam Landry and Sierra Sacco as the headliners for the first ever official set.

SALEM Ore. (KPTV) - The Oregon legislature has passed a bipartisan bill banning the use of plastic film checkout bags at restaurants, grocery stores and retail stores statewide. Senate Bill 551 ...

"Setting realistic expectations is a cornerstone of every aesthetic procedure," said Dr. Meir Cohen, chairman of the Israeli Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. Cosmetic surgery procedure ...

A University of Western Australia study has investigated the source of plastic washing up on Shelly Beach. Citizen scientists on eco tours collected the plastic for the study from the beach.