Over the past decade, the plastic straw came to symbolize a global pollution crisis. Here's more about the larger fight over ...

Trump signed an Executive Order to end the use of paper straws. Here’s what to know about the history of plastic straws.

Trump signed an executive order this week in favor of plastic straws over paper ones. As the debate rages on, here’s why you ...

Sometimes the biggest inconvenience in the kitchen is only having two hands, so that’s where an automatic pot stirrer comes in handy! These rechargeable gadgets can continuously stir dips ...

Sen. Bob Smith (Hal Brown for New Jersey Monitor) Smith’s bill covers plastic cutlery including chopsticks and single-use condiments, although policymakers elsewhere have extended the restrictions to ...

ABC Science took three packaging products that are common and relatively easy to recycle — glass bottles, aluminium cans and PET plastic bottles — to see just how much of each makes it through ...

As a doctoral student, Kaner contributed to the discovery of electrically conductive plastic by his advisors Alan MacDiarmid and Alan Heeger, who later received a Nobel Prize for their work. Other ...

In October 2023, England banned the selling of single-use plastic cutlery, polystyrene cups or food containers for hospitality businesses after banning single-use straws, stirrers and cotton buds ...

But this time, the urban landscape is different: Modern homes are full of plastic, turning house fires into chemical-laced infernos that burn hotter, faster, and more toxic than their predecessors.