Decades ago, we got into a bad habit. We got the idea in our heads that plastic was so cheap to make that it didn’t seem to matter how many plastic bags, bottles, drinking straws and countless other ...

Many plastic products are designed to be used only once, yet the material itself lasts for years. But a new strategy is ...

Plastic use should be the exception, not the rule. We can solve the problem of plastic before it kills us, and creation. The ...

Scientists are exploring a method to convert plastic waste into fuels and valuable chemicals using sunlight, potentially ...

Future Bio, a Berkeley, California-based startup, is working to commercialize a new plastic that can be easily broken down into its basic components, reducing the need for petroleum products and ...

Author Beth Gardiner talks about her new book, 'Plastic Inc.' and about what she learned about the relationship between oil and gas companies and the plastics industry.

Plastics can contain thousands of different chemicals, many of them linked to cancer and reproductive harm, and many never tested for safety. Multiple studies are now finding these chemicals, along ...

NEW YORK, NY / ACCESS Newswire / September 18, 2025 / For years, recycling has been built on promises. Promises that systems would scale, that quality would hold, that recycled materials could replace ...

SAUGERTIES, N.Y. — Beyond Plastics President Judith Enck, a former regional EPA administrator and co-author of the new book “The Problem with Plastic,” will join Ulster County Executive Jen Metzger ...