A new study reveals the danger of this ubiquitous kitchen tool and a deeper problem with our plastic recycling system ...

Of all kitchen utensils, tongs are arguably the most useful since they can toss, flip, grab, lift and serve food. This pack ...

If you've ever been a car-movie-obsessed teen, you probably know the line "Hector is gonna be running three Honda Civics with Spoon engines." Those who haven't seen "The Fast and The Furious ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

However, the bromine-containing products Liu's team did identify included common items, such as slotted spoons, vegetable peelers and toy cars. Liu said she personally owned black-plastic kitchen ...

On a pristine beach in Gippsland, a team of scientists are dumping plastic rubbish. Their littering is extremely precise. When they're done, 14 squares of trash — each exactly 2 square metres ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...

The former president's youngest son reportedly hosted a dinner at Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, where he allegedly joked: "Who would ever eat food with a silver spoon, mine was gold." ...

A lorry driver has been caught eating from a pot with a spoon while behind the wheel of a moving vehicle. Footage captures the motorist tucking into his meal with no hands on the wheel as he ...

Plastics only began to be produced in large quantities following the second world war – but plastic pollution has since become one of the most serious threats humanity faces. By 2015, 60% of all ...

The material in question is called black plastic, and many cheaper kitchen utensils - spatulas, fish slices and serving spoons, for instance - are made from this recycled material, which can ...