Helping to keep Earth’s environment—particularly its oceans—free of gross plastic waste is going to be quite a challenge for this century. Thankfully, top minds are looking into solutions, creating, ...

Scientists at MIT have created an ultrastrong plastic that's twice as strong as steel, and it's pretty amazing. Don't get me wrong, I hate everything bad that has come with the creation of plastic.

Then Deliberately Hands It Over to Humans Subway Customer Stunned After Noticing Both ‘Recycling’ and ‘Trash’ Slots End Up in ...

This story is adapted from A Poison Like No Other: How Microplastics Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies, by Matt Simon. The year was 1863, and famous billiard player Michael Phelan was worrying about ...

In the not-too-distant future, a new type of plastic invented at the University of Arizona might help your car drive itself and, when you arrive at the supermarket, help you pick out a ripe tomato.

A new plastic made from DNA is renewable, requires little energy to make and is easy to recycle or break down. Traditional plastics are bad for the environment because they are made from non-renewable ...