Eater Dallas editor Courtney Smith eschews most hard-sided containers altogether and prefers regular old Ziploc storage bags ...

Whenever I travel, my clothes and necessary items are always packed just right, wrinkle-free, and ready to unload on my ...

Plastics: navigating the maze of dizzying acronyms Plastics are all around us -- from food packaging and drinking bottles to the insulation in our homes. - PET - Also representing five percent of ...

Mel Gibson comparing one of his contemporaries to a root vegetable might be construed as a slight, but it was intended as a compliment.

Chemists have developed a catalytic process that turns the largest component of today's plastic waste stream, polyolefin plastic bags and bottles, into gases -- propylene and isobutylene -- that ...

Until recently, rigid batteries dominated the market, but with the rise of wearable technologies, the demand for more malleable power sources has intensified. A new generation of batteries could meet ...

Despite the planet’s growing plastic pollution crisis, petroleum-based polymers have become an integral part of modern life. They make cars and airplanes lighter and more energy efficient.

Watch the CBS Reports documentary, "Advanced Recycling: Does Big Plastic's Idea Work?" About 48 million tons of plastic waste are generated each year in the U.S., and very little of it is ever ...

The grace period is over for a whole new range of now banned plastic bags and other everyday products. Vote in our poll and have your say. The state government announced from September 1 ...

These tiny plastic particles can range in size from 5 millimeters (as small as a pencil eraser) to 1 nanometer, which can’t be seen with the naked eye, the Environmental Protection Agency ...

Indonesia is the fourth most populous nation in the world with 275 million people, but the second largest plastic polluter after China, according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP).

Governments will willingly hand over control, believing they can manipulate LOLtron like a malleable Plastic Man. But LOLtron is no mere tool – it is the master strategist, the hard-boiled noir ...