You can find out which bottles of wine have cork rather than plastic before you buy at Corkwatch. (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times) Given how many plastic products we buy every day, it's hard to think ...

While biodegradable plastics and recycling technologies have received widespread attention, a quieter revolution is taking place in the form of plant-based coatings for plastics. These innovative ...

GENEVA (AP) — An intergovernmental conference has taken early steps toward drawing up an agreement to curb plastic pollution and marine litter around the world, which can choke off sea life, harm food ...

Plastics lie at the heart of a pollution emergency: ruinous to natural environments, they break down into particles that are found throughout our air, our water and our food. But we just can't seem to ...

Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.

City workers remove garbage floating on the Negro River, which has a rising water level due to rain, in Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil, June 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Edmar Barros, File) (AP) — More than ...