Bamboo is a highly renewable resource, and its cellulose fibres can be turned into a hard, mouldable plastic for use in cars ...

A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The ...

Hopes of securing a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are fading after the final round of negotiations ended without ...

Italian eyewear group Safilo said on Monday it plans to produce sunglasses made with recycled plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), the largest of five plastic islands floating in the ...

Analysis from the American Chemistry Council shows the plastics industry supported $1.1 trillion in economic activity and ...

Social media influencer Veronica Apice and her parents, aunt and uncle open up to PEOPLE about getting plastic surgery ...

Scientists turned bamboo into a strong, recyclable, and biodegradable plastic that can replace regular plastic.

Avoid plastic kitchen tools during October Amazon Prime Day 2025. Here are the cutting boards, containers, and utensils to ...

Coca-Cola, Nestle and PepsiCo, the world's top three plastic polluters according to a yearly brand audit by NGO Break Free From Plastic, have struggled for decades to increase the share of recycled ...

Plastic recycling startup Novoloop has inked a deal with a major manufacturer to produce its upcycled thermoplastic ...

Even for “technically recyclable plastics, there is not always a local facility where that can happen.” Recycling “doesn’t ...

Most plastic forks, bottles, and shopping bags ever made still exist somewhere. Most are buried in a landfill or drifting in the oceans. Petrochemical plastics have been perhaps humanity’s greatest ...