The use of plastic in the built environment is an increasingly pressing issue affecting human health and the biodiversity of the planet. The impacts of chemicals on occupants across live-work-play ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

These tiny plastic particles can range in size from 5 millimeters (as small as a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, which can’t be seen with the naked eye, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Roughly 10 years after California tried and failed to ban plastic bags at grocery stores, state lawmakers have passed a law that they say will forever end the choice of “paper or plastic” in ...

Employees of the Institute of Chemistry of Kazan Federal University and the Kazan National Research Technical University have produced especially strong carbon plastics based on phosphate binders ...

Mega Flex Plastics Limited is an India-based integrated fruit and vegetable packaging solutions provider. The Company is primarily engaged in manufacturing of Leno Bags. The Company’s products ...

Plastic pollution is deadly to ocean wildlife. Ingesting plastic can lead to slow and painful starvation, while plastic entanglement can cause loss of limbs and worse. None of the ocean’s inhabitants ...

The Company had closed its operations at Silvassa plant. The Company & its manufacturing operations cannot be recommenced as the facilities are not technically feasible and financially viable ...

A team of Chinese scientists on a quest to develop bamboo into a biodegradable alternative to plastics say they have discovered a recipe to process the material into feasible products. China ...