Seven states have adopted Extended Producer Responsibility laws to make companies pay for their plastic. One industry leader says it's time for federal action.

Rumours are once again swirling about DC Studios developing a Plastic Man project, but will it be a comedy or another body horror story in the same vein as the upcoming Clayface? Here's what we ...

North Korea has launched a crackdown on breast enhancement and other forms of plastic surgery. One surgeon and two women, accused of getting breast implants, have already faced a public trial in the ...

Austsing sales manager Clive Townsend said the government’s decision “rewarded waste traders over manufacturers” and created an uneven playing field.

A new study reveals packaging waste is the biggest source of plastic pollution in the high-biodiversity zone stretch of the Ganga river.

On the edge of California's Monterey Bay, ecologist Matthew Savoca and a team of volunteers sift through sand and seawater for microplastics, one of the planet's most pervasive forms of pollution.

A prize in the box was once one of the best parts of buying cereal, but a culmination of factors in the mid-2000s proved toys and breakfast foods don't mix.

Fifty years ago, plastic products did not have a grip on our lives and households as they do today. Ceramic, glass, and clay jars, like the Egyptian water jug qolla, were used for storage, and metals ...

Dishwasher pods sometimes get lumped into the same category as microplastics, but technically they’re different. The pods—used for laundry as well—are wrapped in a type of plastic called polyvinyl ...

Eating plastic to feel fuller and drinking alcohol to improve foreign language skills are the suggestions of award-winning studies at the tongue-in-cheek 2025 Ig Nobel prize ceremony.