Tea bags can be filled with plastic but a safer alternative could be loose tea leaves. Many companies now offer loose tea leaves that can be used with a stainless steel strainer or infuser, which ...

For the study, researchers analyzed more than 140 scientific articles on the impact of plastic water bottles on human health.

The amount of plastic trash that flows into the oceans every year is expected to nearly triple by 2040 to 29 million metric tons. That single, incomprehensibly large statistic is at the center of a ...

Interstate Plastics has released a new technical guide comparing polycarbonate and acrylic, two of the most widely used transparent plastics. The resource breaks down critical differences in impact ...

Alameda, Calif. — Industrial Microbes Inc. (iMicrobes) has achieved commercial-scale production of 100 percent bio-based acrylic acid. The company announced it has scaled its proprietary fermentation ...

Passengers travelling from Dublin Airport will from midnight on Thursday be allowed up to two litres of liquids in their hand luggage and will no longer need to place liquids, gels or pastes in a ...

It might come as a shock to some, but plastic has been a staple ingredient in chewing gum for decades - no wonder our parents told us not to swallow it! Now, however, the concept of having plastic in ...

PVC waste such as window frames, downspouts and rain gutters goes into making the tiles, which are certified for use in construction and available in several 3D shapes and colours, including tonal ...

While the Vail Town Council currently has a lot of information about how a plastic water bottle ban in town would work, one key piece of the plan has not yet been revealed: the full cost. The council, ...

A Japanese research team successfully harnessed E. coli to produce PDCA, a strong, biodegradable plastic alternative. Their method avoids toxic byproducts and achieves record production levels, ...

The future of plastic recycling may soon get much less complicated, frustrating and tedious. In a new study, Northwestern University chemists have introduced a new plastic upcycling process that can ...

"We hear people all the time saying 'I can't see any plastic, this river is clean'. It's not really true, because 85% of the plastic, we can't see. It's underwater." Think Ocean founder Hugo ...