A recent innovation could make it easier to transform plastic waste into usable products. In September 2025, the University ...

You'll find plastic wrap in kitchens across the world, but even the most regular users might find they make some of these common mistakes with it.

Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, ...

Materials scientists are cooking up environmentally friendly polymers from natural sources like silk, plant fibers and whole algae. Economics and acceptance remain hurdles. By Boyce Upholt / Knowable ...

If you were to create a recipe for plastics, you’d need a very big cookbook. In addition to fossil fuel-based building blocks like ethylene and propylene, this ubiquitous material is made from a ...

When plastic entered the design world in the 20th century, it was hailed as a wonder material—something strong, durable, lightweight, affordable, and malleable enough to sculpt into expressive, ...

It’s morning, and you wake up on a comfortable foam mattress made partly from greenhouse gas. You pull on a T-shirt and sneakers manufactured using carbon dioxide pulled from factory emissions. After ...

BLACKFOOT — The market is ripe for eco-friendly plastic and Brad LaPray knows it. The Idaho Falls businessman has witnessed a growing backlash against traditional plastic bags in cities across the ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

As consumer concern about plastic pollution grows, a third of adults in the United States say they have reduced their use of plastic products over the past five years. That’s according to the latest ...

Blueland makes a lot of ecofriendly, plastic-free cleaning supplies. Its dish tabs are made from naturally derived enzymes, ...