The amount of plastic trash that flows into the oceans every year is expected to nearly triple by 2040 to 29 million metric tons. That single, incomprehensibly large statistic is at the center of a ...

It may seem like anti-venom is made in abundance in Australia, after all, we have plenty of snakes! But the story is quite the opposite. Although it saves the lives of 300 Aussies every year, making ...

Plastic may not always float where we expect it. The ocean’s surface might look clean in some places, but far beneath the waves, a different story is unfolding. In the southeastern Mediterranean, the ...

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Countries failed to bridge wide gaps on whether the world should limit plastic manufacturing and restrict the use of harmful plastic chemicals. By Hiroko Tabuchi Negotiations over a global plastic ...

It's the height of summer, and for many Americans, that means scorching cars and forgotten plastic water bottles rolling around under the seats. But before you take a sip out of one of those, you ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, a report published Monday in the Lancet medical journal said. The ...

Brewing coffee without plastic is not difficult — a stovetop percolator does a fine job preparing pre-ground supermarket beans. However, brewing a high-quality cup at a reasonable price without ...

Safety, performance, aesthetics, noise, comfort, reliability, and durability are the goals that keep automotive engineers up at night, and the miracle solution has, so far, been "more plastic." ...