A necropsy revealed that the dolphin’s stomach was filled with debris. Hasmin Chogsayan, a veterinarian from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, described the plastic waste inside the ...

The result, after some tinkering, was celluloid—the world’s first major synthetic plastic. Though he never claimed the prize, John Hyatt, the inventor, was indeed richly rewarded. Ever since ...

Also, Toloken also highlighted how the Association of Plastic Recyclers has warned that cheap imported recycled resin could threaten domestic recyclers. The next Plastics in Politics Live is ...

New research out of China backs what many have already said: Global plastic recycling is stagnant in the face of rapidly growing production. Researchers at Tsinghua University in Beijing peg the ...

A plastic cup is no good if certain liquids can dissolve it, after all. In this case, the team found that applying hydrophobic coatings prevented any early breaking down of the material.

We are revisiting the pronunciations of short and long vowel sounds /r/ and /r:/, as we have in ‘chip’ and ‘cheap’. You should, therefore, be ready to pronounce different terms ...

Plastic production around the world continues to increase due to the durability of such material, and its affordability in terms of production cost. The flip side, however, is that most countries ...

Canada’s Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre pledged to scrap a plastics ban imposed by the country’s Liberal government if he’s elected to replace Mark Carney as prime minister.

To minimize plastic waste and pollution, the United States should reject blanket bans and instead address root causes through innovation and the development of a circular plastics economy.

Researchers at Washington State University have devised a way to leverage those properties, and use discarded blades to create strong and durable plastics – without resorting to the use of harsh ...

The California state government in the United States should better regulate plastics, says the south Los Angeles-based reproductive justice organization Black Women for Wellness. The organization ...

The process involves collecting, sorting, washing and grinding the plastic to be melted and re-processed into new materials. While relatively cheap, this type of recycling requires the sorting of ...