Have you ever stopped to think about what happens to those little orange pill bottles after you finish your prescription? Every year, around 200 billion of these bottles are produced worldwide, and ...

One of the biggest environmental issues in our modern world is plastic, which has become integral in the manufacturing of everything from electronics to furniture. Our reliance on plastic has led to a ...

There is no shortage of news about plastic’s ubiquity or its harms. Microplastics are in clouds, drinking water, playgrounds and our blood. Marine mammals are entangled in and ingest plastic at ...

One way to help tackle the growing plastic pollution problem could be all around us: microscopic bacteria and fungi. A growing body of research has identified a host of microorganisms, some of which ...

Recent studies estimate the average American consumes a credit card's worth of plastic each week. That's equivalent to ingesting 50 plastic grocery bags each year. Now, area innovators are coming up ...

The global plastic waste crisis continues to escalate, pushing the recycling industry to adopt more advanced and integrated solutions. At the recent AMI Plastics World Expos in Cleveland, industry ...

As the planet drowns in plastic waste, companies are devising bizarre alternatives, including stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines and bamboo utensils, to save us all. Plastic waste often does ...

Recent studies estimate the average American consumes a credit card's worth of plastic each week. That's equivalent to ingesting 50 plastic grocery bags each year. Now, area innovators are coming up ...

We know that plastic pollution has become a major environmental and health issue across the planet, as much of the waste ends up in landfills, and sometimes, the ocean. “We call plastic a threat ...

That’s how Bradley Aiken of Portland, OR began his response to our call for reader questions about where their food comes from. “My weekly visits to the local farmers’ markets still find an ...

A new study released by the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine examines potential uses for the growing waste plastic problem and casts some doubt on any potential role it can play ...