It may be time to invest in some new cooking utensils after a recent study found some common kitchen tools may be leaking ...

and as new plastic products are made from already existing plastic, it avoids the need to extract more fossil fuels to create fresh virgin plastic. Creating a circular economy has many challenges ...

Plastics contain a vast number of chemicals, some of which greatly impact the environment and human health. However, ...

Researchers have succeeded in developing a microbial strain that efficiently produces pseudoaromatic polyester monomer to replace polyethylene terephthalate (PET) using systems metabolic engineering.

"One of the few examples that we have where there's this much control over changing the properties." Researchers discover new ...

On Thursday, the Washington State Department of Ecology announced fines for 35 plastic producers for failing ... in using ...

They want to legitimize an accounting method that allows companies to exaggerate how much recycled plastic is in their products. And they want to ensure secrecy around how companies process old ...

It was in 1907 that the first modern plastic, bakelite, was invented. It pointed the way to a whole family of products based on synthetic polymers - that is, compounds of large molecules made up ...

“Black plastics are more likely to contain unregulated amounts of toxic chemicals. Including heavy metals and flame retardants which can leach into food and pose a hazard to human health,” the site ...

Whether it's a cardboard box, paper or plastic ... products that small and large businesses need every day, and it rakes in an estimated $6.1 billion in sales per year, according to Forbes. Just ...

Drains lead to the ocean! Careless and improper waste disposal is also a big contributor – illegal dumping of waste adds greatly to the plastic surge in our seas. Products that go down the drain Many ...

We are working with many governments and businesses on extended producer responsibility programs that hold manufacturers financially accountable for managing their plastic products and packaging’s end ...