The Kingsport Axmen have won the Appy League West Division title and will host the Greeneville Flyboys in the Appalachian League West championship game on Thursday, July 31, ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome.

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) production could be revolutionized by the discovery that a common bacterium can turn everyday plastic waste into the painkiller. The new method leaves virtually no ...

Policies that have banned or imposed fees on plastic bags are leading to significant declines in plastic litter along U.S. shorelines, a new study has found. These state- and local-level regulation… ...

Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.

A team of Japanese researchers has developed a plastic material that disappears in seawater within hours, leaving no harmful residues. Designed to be more environmentally friendly than ...

Former Oklahoma pitcher Kelly Maxwell is heading back to the Sooner State. Maxwell, who graduated from OU in 2024, signed with the OKC Spark — an independent professional softball team that ...

When you play outdoor sports such as football, baseball, softball or soccer, you want a good pair of cleats to give you traction and support.

Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.

A recent study found black plastic kitchen tools had high levels of toxins - but researchers admit they overestimated the risk.

The crackling of a microphone on a crisp August morning in 2014 brought a sea of people to attention inside the P&G MLB Cincinnati Reds Youth Academy. In the middle of the crowd sat a stage with ...