Plastic was designed to last, and it has delivered on that promise a little too well. After decades of treating packaging, ...

AMES, Iowa – The trace amounts of toxic substances used to make plastics don’t contaminate the food or beverage products they contain at a significant level and pose no immediate threat to consumers, ...

A polymer is a substance made of many repeating units linked together, like beads on a string. Plastics are polymers, and so ...

Inspired by natural polymers like DNA, chemists have devised a way to engineer plastic so it breaks down when it is no longer ...

Resolutions are very popular on Jan. 1 of each year, but within just a few weeks, most of them have fallen by the wayside. Richard Batts from the Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University ...

Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used to produce plastic products fell apart in Geneva this week Global talks to slash plastic production and the toxic chemicals used ...

A major global study warns that everyday plastics, containing phthalates, pose hidden dangers to heart health. These ...

Plastics get a bad rap most of the time, so it's refreshing to see the industry getting some positive attention. The Economist magazine kicked off the trend last month with a package of stories that ...

Rutgers scientists have developed plastics that can be programmed to break down at specific rates by drawing on a natural principle. Their approach could provide a meaningful new way to tackle the ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...