"Future research can build on these results." Scientists discover incredible way to make plastic materials nearly indestructible — and then completely disappear first appeared on The Cool Down.

Gauhati High Court was hearing the plea filed by eight manufacturers of disposable plastic items who were affected by the ...

Even when it’s ground into microparticles, 97% of an algae-based plastic biodegrades in compost and water in under seven months, a new study has reported. The researchers hope their plastic will ...

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 ...

If there's one material that defines modern life more than any other, it's plastic: present from the moment we're born in ...