Babylon seeks to restrict electric bikes and enforce loitering laws, addressing safety concerns and gatherings in parking ...

Image Credit: AIMPLAS The selection of a colorant is dependent on several factors, which can be divided into two groups: the plastic to be colored and the final application. Some elements must be ...

One Coastal Carolina University (CCU) student urged Myrtle Beach to ban single-use plastic bags during a meeting Tuesday. CCU ...

Plastic waste is a growing environmental issue, with tons of plastic ending up in oceans yearly, harming wildlife, polluting ecosystems, and threatening human health. This problem is not only ...

Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem has taken a small step away from its polluting, oil-based manufacturing by sourcing ...

Plastics are a ubiquitous part of our lives. We find it mostly in packaging and household goods, but you’d be hard pressed ...

The lining on the inside of a nonstick pan is made of plastic. When heated, it can release toxic fumes; when scratched, it ...

The charging speeds were average, but this dual wireless charger has convinced me that walnut is the new black.

West Virginia’s “Private Outdoor Designated Areas,” or PODAs, are billed as tools for economic revitalization — letting adults carry alcoholic beverages in designated downtown areas. But in reality, t ...

MANILA, Philippines — Plastic does not degrade for hundreds, even thousands, of years, so “there is no end of life to plastic, only end of use,” says David Katz, founder and CEO of ...

While recycling is essential to reducing plastic waste, it’s not a silver bullet. Most plastics can only be recycled once or twice before degrading into a quality too low for reuse.

Enck estimated that only 5% to 6% of plastic used in the U.S. gets recycled. So when a recycling bin is filled with household plastics, “virtually none” of that is repurposed into a new ...