Researchers built tough, compostable bacterial cellulose sheets that rival metals in strength. The material handles heat, and ...

Ina Garten uses the Stretch-Tite Wrap'n Snap to keep plastic wrap from ripping unevenly or tangling. Grab this gadget at ...

Rear windshield wipers are a very useful item, but we often see them with plastic bags, or sometimes tape stuck over them. There's a very good reason for that.

First, you flatten the bag. Then, fold it lengthwise into thirds in a long strip. Starting at the bottom, fold it up into small squares. Keep folding until you reach the handles, then tuck the handles ...

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court has imposed a blanket ban on 28 plastic items, including PET bottles, cups, tumblers, plates, carry bags and plastic films used for food wrapping in the Western ...

Plastic bags are made through a process that starts with raw materials such as polyethylene pellets. These pellets are fed into an extrusion machine, where they are heated and melted into a ...

Extras Shopping with a hard plastic box is more convenient than grocery bags, especially if you’re transporting heavy, fragile glass jars to and from the store by car.

A New York plastic bag maker that had been part of legal challenges to the state's bag ban is closing its factory there and laying off 146 workers, according to state filings.

Discover how plastic bags from the grocery store can be turned into faux flowers, decorative wreaths, mini greenhouses, coasters, baskets, and rugs.

The sheet keeps everything together and compact. (Obviously, you have to be traveling by car for this hack to work; this would probably be too cumbersome for airplane luggage.) Finally, it’s both ...