In reworking the connections within plastic materials, researchers are studying how plant-based compounds could eventually serve as scalable alternatives to petroleum-derived plastics. Stacey Leasca ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California touts itself as a leader on the problem of plastic garbage, but recent developments suggest otherwise.

In 2018, grocery store giant Kroger announced it would phase out "use-once, throw-it-away plastic bags" and transitioning to reusable bags by 2025. However, eight years later, plastic bags are still ...

California shoppers will have one less decision to make at the checkout counter as of Jan. 1, as the state enacts a ban on all single-use plastic bags at the point of sale. The new policy closes a ...

A pricey new product, alloClae, which sources fat from dead people, has recently hit the market. Getting the product injected doesn't require any downtime, making it popular with corporate types.

That’s a wrap on harmful plastic? Microplastics — which slough off larger plastics — plague everything we touch, from our food to our cleaning tools, increasing the risk of heart attacks, strokes and ...

This bag of tomatoes is made from the new plant-based plastic that uses FDA-approved ingredients. Watch as the bag completely dissolves in artificial seawater after just a few hours, without leaving ...

French mounting system provider Snapsun, a unit of recycled plastic provider Cifra, has presented a new rooftop PV mounting system made exclusively with recycled plastic materials. “The SnapSun ...

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Biotech startup FutureBio, the first tenant of UC Berkeley’s Bakar Labs for Energy and Materials, hopes to produce and recycle a new kind of durable, biorenewable plastic at a lower cost than regular ...