Learn a simple yet powerful plastic welding technique using a soldering iron and steel wool! In this DIY tutorial, we show you how to repair broken plastics more effectively than using superglue and ...

Many nations hope to reduce the half a billion tons of plastic made each year. But pushback from plastic and oil producers, and Donald Trump’s election, could scuttle an agreement. By Hiroko ...

Starting Monday, more than 170 countries will converge in Busan, Republic of Korea, to negotiate a new legally binding global treaty to end plastic pollution, including marine pollution. This is the ...

But it isn't just plastic packaging that Europeans are throwing out in large volumes. With plastic waste generation growing annually, and recycling rates failing to keep up, Europe has a long road ...

Policies aimed at curbing the use of single-use plastic bags have sometimes accomplished the opposite of their intentions, a new study has found. When two Texas cities prohibited stores from ...

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula. In a world of plastic consumer ...

If you have a black spatula in your kitchen, or other black plastic items around your house like takeout containers or children’s toys, they could contain high levels of toxic flame retardants.

That’s the alarming message from a new study published in the journal Chemosphere. Cooking with any plastic utensil has long been seen as worrisome because heat can cause chemicals in the ...

For the past several years, I’ve been telling my friends what I’m going to tell you: Throw out your black plastic spatula. In ...