Plastics are made from crude oil and petroleum by-products, so a team of scientists decided to explore if they could turn ...

Plastic trash accumulates in trees and shrubs along the Los Angeles River. Citizen of the Planet/Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images To better understand why plastics don’t ...

Chemists used waste cooking oil to create a sustainable, super-sticky adhesive that's strong enough to hold up hundreds of pounds of weight.

— -- Here is one word about an up-and-coming innovation in plastics: cornfields. Bioplastics — most of which are now made from corn — are poised to grab a bigger share of the plastics market as ...

Regulators have spent tens of millions subsidizing ‘advanced’ recycling facilities, which release carcinogens and give off more greenhouse gases than making plastic from crude oil. Last year, I became ...

A new method to produce strong, biodegradable plastic from bamboo is reported in Nature Communications this week. The bioplastic resembles oil-based plastics in strength, shapability, and thermal ...

The UN Global Plastics Treaty negotiations aim to curb plastic pollution by essentially curbing the use of plastics globally. Exxon’s head of product solution: “The issue is pollution. The issue is ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere. We eat it. We drink it. We breathe it. It is on the summit of Mount Everest and at the bottom of the oceans. Not only is it in human breast milk, but, according to one ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to [email protected]. If plastic comes from oil and gas, which come ...