A number of fast food favorites from major chains across the U.S. have high levels of certain plastic chemicals, according to the database PlasticList. The fast food items were found to have high ...

See the thousands of plastic chemicals in what we eat. Warning: This graphic requires JavaScript. Please enable JavaScript for the best experience. When Americans eat ...

A person walks past a public art installation consisting of piles of plastic waste outside a United Nations conference in Ottawa, Ontario, in April 2024. A person walks past the sculpture Giant ...

Plastic pollution is poisoning the planet. Some experts suggest making plastics from more "natural" materials, but research shows those still have risks. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

Chemical additions to plastic that mimic natural polymers like DNA can create materials that break down in days, months or years rather than littering the environment for centuries. Researchers hope ...

Every year, around 20 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean, rivers, and lakes — disrupting ecosystems and livelihoods. NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), ...

James Cronin received funding from the UKRI Natural Environment Research Council as co-investigators of the 'Plastic Packaging in People's Lives' (PPiPL) project. Project Reference: NE/V010611/1. More ...

At its heart, the show is a meditation on contradiction. Plastics were once hailed as miracle materials — affordable, durable and democratizing — yet today their proliferation presents dire ...

Source: Marek Pavlik / Unsplash Microplastics have become an unavoidable part of our daily life, embedded in packaging and clothing, and found in our oceans, in the air we breathe, and in the water we ...

BRUSSELS, Oct 8 (Reuters) - Europe's plastics industry faces plant closures at an accelerated rate and falling further behind global rivals in recycling without urgent action, sector lobby group ...