The aim is to make streets and roads that last longer, saving governments money on maintenance and replacement while reducing the amount of plastic dumped in landfills. South Sioux City received a ...

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 ...

YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump takes aim at paper straws.

More information: Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates can encode functional plastic-degrading enzymes that allow survival on plastic and augment biofilm formation., Cell Reports (2025). DOI ...

This is what the data says about plastic bag bans. Plastic bag bans have been popping up across the country for the past decade, but a lawmaker in one state is looking at walking back the law ...

Microwaves have come a long way since they were first introduced into homes as a quick and easy way to prep a meal, and so has our understanding of them. Microwaves create electromagnetic ...

Kanpur: The Kanpur municipal corporation is set to go a green way by using recycled plastic waste for constructing 20 roads. Municipal commissioner Sudhir Kumar said that this would be the first ...

From dense mini-forests growing amid concrete sprawls to roads built with discarded plastic and rooftops gleaming with solar panels, Uttar Pradesh is slowly but deliberately reimagining its urban ...

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum cans and cardboard boxes will be given a new life. But what really happens ...

HAMPTON ROADS, Va., April 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Plastic Surgery Center of Hampton Roads (PSCHR), a trusted destination for aesthetic and ...

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 ...

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 ...