Laura DiMugno is a journalist who writes about energy, the environment, travel, and technology. She is the founder of Keep It Green, a blog devoted to conservation, sustainability, and culture.

"Future research can build on these results." Scientists discover incredible way to make plastic materials nearly ...

Chili is a vital cash crop in many countries, and Sri Lanka is no exception. As one of the pillar industries of the country’s ...

The Earth is covered in plastic—and we keep making more of it. Caitlin Saks and Arlo Pérez Esquivel join chemist Malika Jeffries-EL in her Boston University lab to explore just what it takes to break ...

This plant-based plastic is as strong as traditional petroleum-based plastic, but its properties can be tailored to suit ...

America generates almost 38 million tons of plastic waste every year, ranking second only to China. That’s a lot of plastic, and despite decades of recycling efforts, the bulk of it winds up in ...

It’s tempting to think of purchasing plastic cups labeled as compostable or using plastic cutlery made of biodegradable materials as a better choice for the environment—but there are a lot of ...

Molly Morse is chief executive officer of Mango Materials, Inc. This article was prepared by the U.S. National Science Foundation for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and appeared in the ...

The enzyme-enhanced plastic film had the same strength and flexibility as a standard plastic grocery bag. UC Berkeley photo by Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering Some single-use plastics have been replaced ...

Turns out, biodegradable plastics are not the solution to ocean pollution. The rate at which the biodegradation of plastics in the ocean is difficult to estimate but is considered to be "extremely ...