Plastics

Politics

The US should help the world get the plastics treaty it deserves

Five large patches of trash swirling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans serve as a crushing reminder that the…

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Science

Plastics pollution worsen the impacts of all Planetary Boundaries

“It's necessary to consider the full life cycle of plastics, starting from the extraction of fossil fuel and the primary…

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Science

Bio-based fibers could pose greater threat to the environment than conventional plastics

Bio-based materials may pose a greater health risk to some of the planet's most important species than the conventional plastics…

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Food & Drink

Say Goodbye to Harmful Plastics With These Kitchen Utensils, From $8

If you’ve read the recent news about the dangers of black plastic, then you might be rethinking your kitchen utensil…

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Science

Nature and plastics inspire breakthrough in soft sustainable materials

Step aside hard, rigid materials. There is a new soft, sustainable electroactive material in town — and it's poised to…

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Science

50 years ago, some of plastic’s toxic hazards were exposed

Toxic surprises from the plastics industry — Science News, September 7, 1974 In the United States alone, more than 29…

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Science

New process vaporizes plastic bags and bottles, yielding gases to make new, recycled plastics

A new chemical process can essentially vaporize plastics that dominate the waste stream today and turn them into hydrocarbon building…

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Food & Drink

Joe Biden Has a Plan to Phase Out Single-Use Plastics in Federal Buildings

In July, President Joe Biden announced a wide-ranging commitment to phasing out single-use plastic products in the federal government, pledging…

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Science

Algae transformed into a ‘biofactory’ for green fuel and plastics

Chlamydomonas pacifica algae growing in an outdoor pond João Vitor Dutra Molino A newly discovered species of algae has been…

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