Plastics

Nothing seems safe from the grips of plastic these days. Not national parks, not oceans, and, according to new…

Microplastics are taking over the world. A new study found that microplastics are present in at least 11 remote and…

Like other forms of discarded plastic, polyurethane waste threatens the environment and human health. In an…

If you pulled 1,000 liters (264 gallons) of water out of the ocean, how many small bits of plastic would you expect…

The world has a trash problem, and a new report out Tuesday reminds us just how much Americans contribute. Turns out…

Plastic products that boast of being “BPA-free” aren’t necessarily any safer for us, suggests a new mouse study publi…

By now it’s well documented that those tiny plastic microbeads used in face scrubs and toothpastes are contaminating…

We strive to make robots in our own likeness because, as far as we can tell, humans are best adapted to deal with…

Back before computers were ubiquitous, salespeople had a hard time showing their customers what stuff looked like,…

When you play a game of billiards, you’re usually hoping to hear the satisfying clack of the balls. You’re probably…

We might all need to buy new baby bottles. A new study by researchers at the University of Calgary has show for the…

Plastic has become a ubiquitous part of life, though we rarely think about its impact on the environment and our…

Strong, durable materials are hard to recycle—they're designed to stand up to abuse. But research chemists at an IBM…

As a nation, the United States consumes a whopping 8 billion chickens every year, and this results in a few…

By George Dvorsky and Joseph Bennington-Castro. The chemicals contained in plastics can be quite harmful. But given…

Ever heard of phthalates? They're a class of chemicals used to soften plastics found in everything from household…

Earlier this week, scientists announced the development of an entirely new genre of plastic that heals itself when…

Canadian company JBI is setting the recycling industry on fire with its new Plastic2Oil plants that promise to…

Soda's bad for you, but plastics—especially the petroleum-based PET plastics used widely for bottles—are bad for…

I throw out more expired food than I like to admit, but half the time, it's because I can't remember when I bought…