Plastic use keeps rising rapidly while recycling struggles. Incineration grows steadily, but it may harm more than help.

The young founders went on to win a nationwide engineering contest of “Everyday Engineering” for their menstrual cup back in 2023 which brought them a mentorship with the Dragons Den star Deborah ...

The millimeter-thick paperboard behaves just like plastic; it's strong, transparent, shapeable—and can hold boiling water.

Every week, millions of Americans toss their recyclables into a single bin, trusting that their plastic bottles, aluminum ...

CHENNAI: Madras high court has banned 28 plastic items in the Western Ghats, ranging from the Nilgiris to the Agathiyar ...

Stamford could soon regulate the use of certain single-use food ware and other plastics used in the city’s restaurants and other businesses ...

Unlike previous methods that relied on coagulants or additives, this process allows the material to dry into shape naturally, ...

The process is best spread out over a few days. Bake the cake layers on one day, wrap them in plastic wrap and freeze. Let ...

Cellulose, the main component of paper, can be turned into clear, waterproof objects such as cups that are almost ...

SAMBALPUR: The Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC)’s decision to ban paper cups to arrest use of plastic and consequent ...

Loose-leaf teas are another easy way to bypass plastic tea bags—just use a stainless steel steeper, which can go directly ...

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying ...