With plans for a new facility scrapped, county officials now face the costly and controversial task of salvaging a jail plagued by leaks, rot and structural failure.

It looks and feels like plastic, but is it really safer to use?

The talks in Geneva may be the world’s last chance to agree a strong treaty to tackle plastic pollution, scientists warn.

Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that ...

Plastics are one of the largest sources of pollution on Earth, lasting for years on land or in water. But a new type of ...

Scientists at Rice University and the University of Houston have created a powerful new material by guiding bacteria to grow ...

Multilayer plastic materials present a major challenge at the end of their life cycle due to the complexity of separating and ...

In this week's Material Insights, Editor Don Loepp is featuring a clip from the Plastics News Caps + Closures event from Ruben Nance of the Association of Plastic Recyclers. Nance outlined how certain ...

Welcome to Plastic-Free Kitchen Week on the Strategist, where we’ve been obsessively researching and testing plastic alternatives — for everything from appliances to cleaning supplies to cookware. For ...

By adding citric acid and squid ink to a cellulose-based polymer, researchers created a variety of structurally colored ...

E veryone's heard the warnings: The world produces 450 billion tons of plastic waste every year. It's polluting our oceans and landfills, and it's even invading our bodies. But what if we didn't just ...

Microplastics are showing up in foods you probably eat every single day.