The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life.
In reworking the connections within plastic materials, researchers are studying how plant-based compounds could eventually serve as scalable alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics.
A study exploring this was published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials and reported in ScienceDirect. Researchers used ...
Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...
Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...
Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...
If you’re sad when you see stories about dead whales washing ashore with dozens of pounds of plastic in their bellies or feel guilty when you forget to bring your reusable bags to the grocery store, ...
"The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.
Chances are sushi aficionados have left a restaurant take-out in tow and with a handful of adorable, but environmentally problematic, fish-shaped soy sauce packets. These single-use plastic “ ...