When it comes to plastic, the rules can be extra confusing -- there's a lot more to it than tossing a water bottle in the recycling bin and calling it a day. Here's why: Not all plastics can be ...

Harts of Stur A traditional packaging favorite, bubble wrap helps protect fragile items during shipping. However, being plastic based, it’s definitely not green packaging. One sustainable alternative ...

Plastic is everywhere, revolutionizing our lives with its convenience and durability. Yet, its environmental cost is steep. Most people don’t fully grasp its long-term impact on the planet. Plastics ...

Plastic production has sharply increased over the last 70 years. It has grown from 2 million tons to 450 million tons since 1950. One to two million tons of plastic enters our oceans yearly, affecting ...

Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (NOA) using AI narration. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula.

“The green lobby seems keen to change the definition of ‘recyclable’ from ‘can be recycled’ to ‘is likely to be recycled’ and ...

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

Researchers studying bottlenose dolphins found polyester and other plastics in every animal they tested. By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked.

Green and black tea have similar health benefits, such as boosting alertness and protecting heart and brain health. Both are high in antioxidants but differ in their components. One isn’t necess ...

Our Plastics Engineering Technology bachelor's degree program is designed to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the dynamic and rapidly growing field of plastics engineering.

My colleague Jim Johnson had a story recently on falling enrollment in plastics programs at U.S. universities. It's been popular with readers, even if the topic's not exactly uplifting.