Safe toy purchases for children is a year-round responsibility. However, during the Christmas and Hanukkah season the ...

Project participants say it has the potential to significantly contribute to the implementation of a circular plastic economy ...

The U.S. Plastics Pact (USPP) today released its first-ever policy position paper on Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR), offering a clear, consensus-built framework to guide policymakers as states ...

Shoppers in Washington will soon begin paying 4 cents more per plastic bag at grocery stores and other retailers. The price for plastic bags will increase to 12 cents a bag, plus tax, on Jan. 1, but ...

For 34 years, Dutch inventor Theo Jansen has been evolving his Strandbeests — wind-powered walking skeletons designed to survive on the beach like living creatures. Each generation overcame challenges ...

Chemical engineering researchers at the University of Waterloo have joined forces to take on a pressing environmental problem by using synthetic biology to turn plastic waste into valuable resources.

Glass-filled polypropylene is already a very commonly used plastic for automotive parts, but could it be improved? Well, yes. A new substance, Gratek, is claimed to make the plastic 20% stronger yet ...

Have you noticed that a growing number of modern car parts are made up of plastic? Your grandpa is not lying when he says that they don't make 'em like they used to. The plastic content in cars ...

Major plastic-producing countries block push for production limits Campaigners call for an end to the consensus rule Breakaway treaty proposed, led by Europe and California China’s shift toward ...

As delegates from around the world have negotiated a global plastics treaty over five sessions since 2022, alliances have emerged among nations, across civil society, and throughout the private sector ...