Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

Plastic has become embedded in everyday life. That’s because for the last 70 years, the plastics industry convinced consumers to embrace the... Creating a throw-away culture: How companies ingrained ...

Plastic-infused asphalt can also save money. Because it lasts longer and resists cracking, cities may spend less on repairs and maintenance. In Rockwall, for example, early estimates suggest these ...

Plastic trash lining a mountain trail might not seem like the start of a chemistry breakthrough, but for Yuwei Gu, it was. Hiking through Bear Mountain State Park in New York, the Rutgers chemist saw ...

Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, textiles, and consumer goods as disposable, scientists are now racing to ...

New report by WWF and Ellen MacArthur Foundation analyses how to make the global plastic pollution treaty work for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs). The report also makes ...

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