Countries are currently negotiating a global treaty to end plastic pollution and make plastics safer and more sustainable.

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Both types mainly released four types of plastic: polyolefins, polyterephthalates, polyacrylamides and polystyrenes. These are the same materials found in many plastic consumer goods and ...

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 ...

The other plastics—three, four, six, and seven—are more likely to be dumped in a landfill if tossed in your household recycling bin. These types of items include bubble wrap, shopping bags ...

On average, she says, a plastic toothbrush is made up of four types of co-moulded polymers that cannot be recycled in the same stream. "Recycling is always about economics," she explains.

Eastman Chemical, a company with $9.2 billion in annual revenues based in Kingsport, Tenn., introduced the durable plastic called Tritan Renew four years ago, telling manufacturers that it was ...

Every twist of a soda cap might be adding more plastic to your drink. French researchers mimicked casual soda drinking and found microplastic particles spiking after repeated openings. With up to ...