There’s a slight whiff of cannibalism in an emerging circular model for sustainable plastics. Insects may soon be used as materials for engineering bioplastics—before the next generation of insects ...

This week, the International Space Station is getting some new residents: Pseudomonas putida, a strain of plastic-eating bacteria. The microorganisms are going up into space as part of an experiment ...

“Plastic is not created equally,” says Heidi Kujawa, CEO of ByFusion. “It’s super complex, which is why this problem is really broken.” The very short version of the problem goes like this: Despite ...

What on earth is this toy company playing at? Caesar Miniatures is selling a set of plastic soldiers called Mid-East Militia featuring an ISIS beheading scene. There’s a masked jihadi with a large ...