Despite the ubiquity and easy availability of video games and toys based on high technology, you can walk into just about any ...

Planet or Plastic? is National Geographic’s multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic trash crisis. Come to this page often to learn more, and find out what you can do to ...

which sells the plastic model kits. “We will continue working with ... locations nationwide and has now received roughly 1 ton of old runners over the course of a month from when the campaign ...

Rather than chucking out an old plastic train set if it's damaged, it's worth checking with your local recycling centre if they'll take it. Plastic toys and games can't be collected as part of ...

Whether you order takeaways or receive leftovers at parties to take home, it’s easy to accumulate those plastic food containers. Trouble is, these can easily clutter your kitchen cabinets ...

Lead author of the research, Dr Marcus Eriksen, told BBC News this is because of new plastic entering our seas as well as old plastic breaking down into smaller pieces. Scientists at the ...

My tweet about an old River Island carrier bag struck a chord online I've since found 'vintage' plastic bags selling for £75 on Ebay Do you own Britain's oldest carrier bag? Tell me: helen ...

“Like most people, I have a kitchen filled with old plastic containers and I have no idea what’s in them.” Whichever chemicals they contain, plastics break down over time and can potentially ...

And when disposable plastic food and beverage containers hit the market, things took an even worse turn. Unlike paper conveniences that, in theory, break down into compost, no such claim could be ...

A group of high school students are making soft sleeping mats from old plastic bags and giving them out to homeless people, both recycling the waste and helping the poor. The four 17-year-olds are ...